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Réunion is an overseas department and region of France (known in French as a département et région d'outre-mer, DROM) governed by article 73 of the Constitution of France, under which the laws and regulations are applicable as of right, as in metropolitan France. [25] Thus, Réunion has a regional council and a departmental council.
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On 6 March 2004, Le Port recorded a temperature of 36.9 °C (98.4 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Réunion. [4] Le Port receives 2670.6 hours of sunshine annually, which is evenly distributed throughout the year.
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]
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.
The following is a list of the 24 communes of the Réunion (an overseas department of France), along with the arrondissement (district) in which they are located, and the intercommunality of which they are a member.
Bilingual sign in French and Reunionese Creole. Saint-Denis (/ ˌ s æ̃ d ə ˈ n iː /, French: [sɛ̃ d(ə)ni] ⓘ; Reunionese Creole: Sin-Dni), unofficially Saint-Denis de La Réunion (pronounced [sɛ̃ d(ə)ni də la ʁeynjɔ̃]) for disambiguation, is the prefecture (administrative capital) of the French overseas department and region of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean.
It is an overseas region of France. The total area of the island is 2,512 km 2, of which 10 km 2 is water. The island has a coastline of 207 km. The maritime claims of Réunion include an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles, and a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles (22 km). Reunion is geologically situated in the Somali Plate.