Réunion

Réunion is an island in and has about 840,000 residents and an elevation of 1,531 metres.
  • Island
  • …has 840,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,531 metres (5,023 feet)
  • Also known as
    “Bourbon”
    “Bourbon Island”
    “La Réunion”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Piton de Bébour and Piton Tortue.

Peak
Photo: Giovanni PAYET, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: MarinaSMS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Cave
Photo: Damien Boilley, CC BY 2.0.
The is a mountain cave on the island of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cilaos and Hell-Bourg.

Town
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is a town and commune on the island of in the Indian Ocean. is situated 8 km west of Réunion.

Village
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is a small village in the commune of the French overseas department of . is situated 6 km northwest of Réunion.

Town
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the overseas department of . is situated 10 km east of Réunion.

Réunion

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Latitude
-21.1143° or 21° 6′ 51″ south
Longitude
55.5476° or 55° 32′ 51″ east
Open location code
5HCQVGPX+72
Geo­Names ID
935316

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Réunion” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Réunion”
  • Arabic: “جزر ريونيون”
  • Aragonese: “Reunión”
  • Arpitan: “Rèunion”
  • Basque: “Reunion”
  • Bosnian: “Reunion”
  • Bulgarian: “Реюнион”
  • Catalan: “Illa de la Reunió”
  • Cebuano: “Réunion”
  • Chinese: “留尼汪”
  • Cornish: “Réunion”
  • Croatian: “Reunion”
  • Czech: “Réunion”
  • Danish: “Reunion”
  • Danish: “Réunion”
  • Dutch: “Réunion”
  • Esperanto: “Reunio”
  • Estonian: “Réunion”
  • Finnish: “Réunion”
  • French: “Île de la Reunion”
  • French: “Réunion”
  • Galician: “Reunión”
  • German: “Réunion”
  • Hebrew: “ראוניון”
  • Hungarian: “Réunion”
  • Icelandic: “Réunion”
  • Ido: “Réunion”
  • Indonesian: “Réunion”
  • Interlingua: “Réunion”
  • Italian: “Réunion”
  • Japanese: “レユニオン”
  • Korean: “레위니옹”
  • Latin: “Reunio”
  • Latvian: “Reinjona”
  • Lithuanian: “Reunionas”
  • Low German: “Réunion”
  • Macedonian: “Реунион”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Réunion”
  • Norwegian: “Réunion”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Reünion”
  • Polish: “Reunion”
  • Portuguese: “Reunião”
  • Romanian: “Réunion”
  • Russian: “Реюньон”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Réunion”
  • Serbian: “Реинион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Reunion”
  • Slovak: “Réunion”
  • Slovenian: “Reunion”
  • Spanish: “Reunión”
  • Swahili: “Réunion”
  • Swedish: “Réunion”
  • Tagalog: “Réunion”
  • Thai: “เรอูนียง”
  • Turkish: “Reunion”
  • Ukrainian: “Реюніон”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Réunion”
  • Vietnamese: “Réunion”
  • Welsh: “Réunion”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Réserve Biologique de Bébour and Forêt Départemento-Domaniale de Bébour.

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