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François Louis Magallon, comte de la Morlière, Governor: 9 January 1806 to 15 August 1806: Nicolas Ernault de Regnac des Brulys, Governor: Île de la Réunion renamed Île Bonaparte: 15 August 1806 to 25 September 1809: Nicolas Ernault de Regnac des Brulys, Governor: 9 October 1809 to 8 July 1810: Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne ...
Although diplomacy, military, and French government matters are handled by Paris, La Réunion is a member of La Francophonie, the Indian Ocean Commission, the International Trade Union Confederation, the Universal Postal Union, the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, and the World Federation of Trade Unions in its own right.
INSEE code Postal code Commune name Year of creation Arrondissement Intercommunality [1]; 97401: 97425: Les Avirons: 1894: Saint-Pierre: CIVIS 97402: 97412: Bras-Panon
At the creation of the department of Réunion in 1947, its only arrondissement was Saint-Denis. [2] The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, containing 11 communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis, was created in 1964. [3]
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.
La Possession (French pronunciation: [la pɔsesjɔ̃]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located in the northwestern part of the island of Réunion, between the capital of Saint-Denis and the commune of Le Port .
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 ...
Ninove means "nieuw weiland" or in English, "new pasture". During Roman rule, Ninove was a small settlement located in the current "Nederwijk". With the arrival of the Franks in the 4th century AD, the settlement grew to a small agricultural town. The area on which Ninove is located was from 843 on part of the Holy Roman Empire.