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Réunion. Réunion, [note 1] officially Department of 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 mi) southwest of the island of Mauritius.
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 ...
Saint-Denis was founded in 1669 by Étienne Regnault, the first governor of Bourbon Island (as La Réunion was then called), on the northern side of the island, where a larger and more fertile plain was deemed more propitious for the development of settlements than the drier and more barren area of Saint-Paul on the western side of the island.
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The average annual temperature in Saint-Louis is 22.2 °C (72.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,161.6 mm (45.73 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 25.2 °C (77.4 °F), and lowest in July, at around 19.0 °C (66.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Louis ...
The wildlife of Réunion is composed of its flora, fauna and funga. Being a small island, it only has nine native species of mammals, but ninety-one species of birds. Being a small island, it only has nine native species of mammals, but ninety-one species of birds.
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