Ārue is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Āru'e is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands,Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2022 census it had a population of 10,322.
The commune of Ārue includes the atoll of Tetiaroa,Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française, Légifrance population 240 in 2017,Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017 , Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (5.85 km2/2.26 sq. miles; property of Marlon Brando's family), located north of Tahiti.
History The area of Ārue was first settled by travelers from Asia during the year of 1000. They built houses out of grass and mud. The Polynesians hunted fish with spears. Captain James Cook arrived at Tahiti to observe the Transit of Venus.
The James Norman Hall Museum is located in Ārue - it is a historic house museum that exhibits the home of the writer of The Bounty Trilogy as it was in 1951.
References