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Réunion (/ r iː ˈ juː n j ə n /; French: [la ʁe.ynjɔ̃] ⓘ; Reunionese Creole: La Rényon; known as Île Bourbon before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France.
This volcano is over 530,000 years old, and for most of its history, its flows have intermingled with those from Piton des Neiges, a larger, older and heavily eroded inactive volcano which forms the northwest two-thirds of Réunion Island. There were three episodes of caldera collapses 250,000, 65,000 and 5,000 years ago.
The Reunion hotspot that formed the Deccan Traps also produced the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge and the Mascarene Plateau and plays a role in the geology of Mauritius and Rodriguez Island. Isotopic dating in 1969 found that Réunion, Mauritius and Rodriguez all developed independently, but Réunion and Mauritius were much more closely related to the ...
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.
Malbars or Malabars are an ethnic group of South Indian origin (primarily from a Tamil background) in Réunion, a French island in the Southwest Indian Ocean, The Malbars constitute 25% of the population of Réunion and are estimated to be around 180,000.
The island has many natural tourist attractions, including Piton des Neiges (the highest point on the island), [46] lava cliffs, and deep canyons. [45] Another tourist attraction is the active shield volcano Piton de la Fournaise , one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
Finally, according to contemporary Reunion historian Prosper Ève, there was a watercourse called Rivière Dugain on old maps of the island before the one published in 1825. [4] Today, several centuries after his death in 1787, Jean Dugain senior remains the most famous hunter in Réunion's history, along with François Mussard.
Postage stamps and postal history of Reunion; S. Slavery in Réunion This page was last edited on 2 September 2024, at 21:34 (UTC). Text is available under the ...