Marée Parish, Maresia

Marée Parish
Parish
Paróquia de Marée Paroisse de Marée
Flag Official seal of Marée Parish Seal
Country	Cartadania
State	Maresia
Region	Promontoire
Metro area	Greater Aumiers
Chartered	1711
Parish seat	Aumiers
Incorporated cities	9
Government
• Body	Board of Commissioners
• Chief executive officer	Josselin Bachelot (SDP)
Area
• Total	12,615.1 km2 (4,870.7 sq mi)
• Land	12,605.5 km2 (4,867.0 sq mi)
• Water	9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,093,615
• Density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
PEP code	18801 - 18895
Area code	315/540/837
Website	Marée Parish Website

Marée Parish, officially the Parish of Marée (Cartadanian: Paróquia da Maré; Charentais: Paroisse de Marée, lit. 'Parish of the tide'), is a parish in the Commonwealth of Maresia. It is situated in northwestern Maresia on the Millau Delta, downstream of the Millau River, directly adjacent to the state line with São Ricardo. In 2025, the parish's population was estimated to sit at 1,093,615, making it the third-largest parish in Maresia by population. It is the fifth highest-income parish in Maresia.

Education

Marée Parish Schools is the public school district serving the entirety of Marée Parish. It is the third-largest school district within the state of Maresia, after Rhône Parish Schools and Essonne Parish Schools. An estimated 198,000 students are taught in 200 separate elementary, middle, and high schools.

Aumiers is home to several well-known Catholic, Jewish, and non-denominational private schools. The Archdiocese of Aumiers operates the city's Catholic private schools, which include St. Jean-Baptiste Catholic School, St. Bernard Catholic School, St. Thérèse School, Immaculata-Camille High School, Monsignor Ignace Lazard High School, Archbishop Marcel Jacquet High School, St. Marie High School, among numerous other Catholic elementary and high schools.

Post-secondary

Aumiers State University is the only public four-year degree-conferring institution located in the parish limits and the Aumiers metropolitan area. It has approximately 35,000 students during any given school year, many of which remain in Aumiers post-graduation or move to eastern São Ricardo. Coastal Maresia Community College (WMCC) has campuses across the metro area, with four located within Marée Parish. The Maresia Commonwealth University's School of Medicine recently constructed a medical campus wing at Saule Hospital of Auvergne in order to grant medical degrees to students in the Western Peninsula region, thus medical students typically relocate to the capital region for medical school. The city also has several private universities and various vocational schools, including Auguste College, Beauregard College, Clearwater College of Aumiers, and Marée Institute.

Additionally, the University of West Maresia is located 144 kilometres (89 mi) southeast of Aumiers in Aube, while the University of Maresia (UM) and Maresia Institute of Technology (MIT) are located in the Greater Auvergne area in Rhône Parish and Essonne Parish, respectively. The University of Maresia is the commonwealth's flagship university and has the highest enrollment of any single institution in the state with over 70,000 students in 2024.

Communities

Cities

• Aumiers
• Bonheur
• Chance
• Charbéliard
• Harmonie
• Maugneux
• Orange
• Port-au-sant
• Vinrault

Census-designated places

• Avilliers
• Aviyonne
• Belmiers
• Cannet
• Colimar
• Dission
• East Aumiers
• Grellac
• Lac Millau
• Maréeville
• Nanford
• Orciennes
• Oudlare
• Rougnane
• Sargny
• Sarris
• Saufort