Lifou
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| Commune of Lifou | |||||||
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| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia ) | align="center" | 10,320 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Ethnic distribution () | align="center" | Kanaks 96.9% Europeans 2.6% Polynesians 0.1% Other 0.4% |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Population density ()|| align="center" | 8.5 pers./km² |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Longitude || style="text-align: center" | |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Latitude || style="text-align: center" | |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | valign=top| Altitude || align="center" | average: 30 m minimum: 0 m maximum: 104 m |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | INSEE Code || align="center" | 98814 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Postal code || align="center" | 98820 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | colspan=2| 1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. 2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personnel). |} 
 Lifou is a commune in the Islands Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Lifou is made up of Lifou Island, its smaller neighbour Tiga Island, and several islets in between these two. All these islands lie among the Loyalty Islands, to the northeast of New Caledonia's mainland. The town of Wé, on Lifou Island, is the administrative centre of the commune of Lifou as well as the provincial seat of the Islands Province. Famous peopleChristian Karembeu, the famous French international football (soccer) player, was born in Lifou.
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