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Réunion. 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 mi) southwest of the island of Mauritius.
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).
Louis Émile Benassit (20 December 1833 – 9 August 1902) was a French artist and raconteur. He cut a colorful figure in the literary and artistic circles of Paris in the 1860s and 1870s, known equally for his satirical drawings and for his barbed wit.
Pointe des Galets. Coordinates: 20°55′45″S 55°17′25″E. The Pointe des Galets is a cape in the northwest of the island of Réunion, heading on the Indian Ocean. It is now entirely occupied by the town centre of Le Port. As of June 2020, construction work is ongoing at the site to accommodate the installation of a shore-end for the ...
The Grand Raid de la Réunion, also called La diagonale des fous (The Bishops '/Madmen's Diagonal) is a mountain ultramarathon race. The race takes place annually in October on Réunion island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, situated between Madagascar and Mauritius. The 166 kilometres (103 mi) route with 10,000 metres ...
September 3, 2024 at 2:37 PM. Gareth Fuller/PA Images/Getty Images. At least 12 people died, most of them women and children, when a migrant boat capsized off the coast of northern France on ...
The University of Reunion Island (Université de La Réunion) is a French university in the Academy of Réunion. It is the first and only European university in the Indian Ocean . Established in 1982, it has grown steadily over the years in terms of student population, geographical sites occupied, courses offered and partnerships forged with ...
Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Coordinates: 48.8479°N 2.3682°E. Grand Palais. The Réunion des Musées Nationaux (RMN) is a French cultural umbrella organisation, an établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC), formed in 2011, through the merger of the Paris National Museums and the Grand Palais. [1]