Editing Marquesas Islands (section)

===Communes===
The Marquesas Islands are subdivided in six [[commune in France|communes]] (municipalities). In each of the six communes the local residents with either a French or another [[European Union|EU]] citizenship elect a municipal council and a mayor in charge of managing local affairs within the commune. Three communes ([[Nuku-Hiva]], [[Ua Pu|Ua-Pou]], and [[Hiva-Oa]]) are further subdivided into [[associated communes of France|associated communes]] due to their larger population. The communes and associated communes are the only elected councils in the Marquesas since there does not exist a provincial or regional assembly for the entire archipelago (the community council of the CODIM ([[communauté de communes|community of communes]] of the Marquesas Islands) is not directly elected by local residents, but is only made up of delegates chosen by the municipal councils of the six communes). Municipal elections are held every six years on the same day as municipal elections in the rest of France (see [[2020 French municipal elections]] for the last municipal elections). Each municipal council then selects delegates among its members to sit in the community council of the CODIM in [[Atuona]] (on the island of [[Hiva Oa]]).

The areas and populations of the communes at the 2012 Census were as follows:

* [[Nuku-Hiva]] (388 km<sup>2</sup>): 2,966
* [[Ua Pu|Ua-Pou]] (106 km<sup>2</sup>): 2,173
* [[Ua Huka|Ua-Huka]] (83 km<sup>2</sup>): 621
* [[Hiva-Oa]] (327 km<sup>2</sup>): 2,190
* [[Tahuata]] (61 km<sup>2</sup>): 703
* [[Fatu Hiva|Fatu-Hiva]] (85km<sup>2</sup>): 611
* ''Total'' (1,049km<sup>2</sup>): 9,264