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9 May 2019. Saint-Leu. unknown. Kim Mahbouli, from Paris, was fatally attacked near Réunion Island on a banned stretch of surf. Surfing in the area is heavily restricted due to a rise in shark attacks, and authorities reportedly issued warnings to steer clear of the water earlier that morning. Local officials said Mahbouli was with 3 friends ...
Réunion. / 21.11444°S 55.53250°E / -21.11444; 55.53250. La Réunion, [note 1] officially Department of La Réunion, [note 2] is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 km (422 mi) east of the island of Madagascar and 175 km (109 ...
Politics of Réunion. Réunion is an overseas département of France. [1] The island's conventional name is the Department of Réunion, or Réunion. The French flag is used on the island. The island's capital is Saint-Denis, [1] and the island is divided into 4 arrondissements, 24 communes and 25 cantons. [2]
Transport. Saint-Paul was to be the western terminus of the proposed Réunion Tram Train.However, the project was abandoned in May 2010 due to a lack of funds. The traditional grave of French pirate Olivier Levasseur, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth"), who was most famous for allegedly hiding one of the biggest treasures in pirate history, estimated at over £1 ...
Saint-Pierre ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ]; Reunionese Creole: Sin-Pyè) is the third-largest commune in the French overseas department and region of Réunion. Located on the southwest side of the island, it is the capital of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. It developed from a port built from 1854 to 1882, which was used for ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Le Port ( French pronunciation: [lə pɔʁ]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located at the extreme northwest corner of the island of Réunion. It has a population of 34,218 (2017).
Réunion. / 21.100°S 55.600°E / -21.100; 55.600. Réunion is an island in Southern Africa, in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. It is an overseas region of France. The total area of the island is 2,512 km 2, of which 10 km 2 is water. The island has a coastline of 207 km. The maritime claims of Réunion include an exclusive ...
Population. As of 2021, estimates put the population of Réunion at 966,129, with a growth rate of 1.63%. The birth rate was estimated at 21.84 births per 1,000 population, and the death rate at 5.55 deaths per 1,000 population in the same year. The net migration rate was zero in 2000. The following table describes age structure and sex ratios ...