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It was unveiled by the Governor of Réunion, Maurice Lapalud, on 23 December 1923. [8] [9] Following the liberation of Saint-Denis by 80 Free France troops from the destroyer Léopard on 28 November 1942, during the Second World War, the politician and trade unionist, Léon de Lépervanche, seized control of the town hall. [10] [11]
The Réunion Film festival (festival du film de La Réunion) was created in 2005 and is chaired by Fabienne Redt. The festival presented first and second feature films by French directors. The 10th and last edition took place in 2014 in partnership mainly with the TEAT Champ Fleuri (Saint-Denis) and the city of Saint-Paul.
The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, containing 11 communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis, was created in 1964. [4] It lost four communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Paul in 1969. [5] In September 2006 it absorbed the two communes of Les Avirons and L'Étang-Salé from the arrondissement of Saint-Paul. [6]
From 1849–1854 La route de la Montagne (Mountain road) was built; the first reliable road connection to Saint-Denis. In 1860 the lazaret of La Grande Chaloupe was constructed, which became the quarantine station of Réunion. In 1882 the railway Saint-Denis - Saint-Pierre and the harbour of Le Port were constructed.
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 ...
A 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) railway tunnel dug in the big lava flow separating Saint-Denis from La Possession was started in 1878 and completed in 1881, allowing trains to connect Saint-Denis with the new seaport of La Réunion under construction at Le Port in replacement of the old harbor of Barachois in Saint-Denis. It was the third-longest ...
Pierrefonds Airport (French: Aéroport de Saint-Pierre - Pierrefonds) (IATA: ZSE, ICAO: FMEP) is an airport located 5.5 kilometres (3 NM) west-northwest [1] of Saint-Pierre in Réunion. It is the smaller of the two airports located on the island, Roland Garros Airport being the other. The distance between the two airports is 49 km (30 mi) by ...
Saint-Pierre-du-Mesnil, in the Eure département; Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Calvados, in the Calvados département; Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Landes, in the Landes département; Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Nièvre, in the Nièvre département; Saint-Pierre-du-Palais, in the Charente-Maritime département; Saint-Pierre-du-Perray, in the Essonne département