Welcome to Noumea!
Nouméa is the largest city in and capital of New Caledonia, lying on the main island of Grande Terre. One of the most westernized cities in the Pacific Islands, it features beautiful beaches and colonial mansions and is not yet a heavily touristed destination.
Nouméa is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest French-speaking city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian (Wallisians, Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu, and Kanaks who work in one of the South Pacific's most industrialized cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbor that serves as the chief port for New Caledonia.
At the September 2019 census, there were 182,341 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Greater Nouméa (French: agglomération du Grand Nouméa), 94,285 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Nouméa proper. 67.2% of the population of New Caledonia live in Greater Nouméa, which covers the communes of Nouméa, Le Mont-Dore, Dumbéa, and Païta.