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Réunion

Réunion

Réunion is an island in and has about 840,000 residents and an elevation of 1,531 metres.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Piton de Bébour and Piton Tortue.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Cave
The is a mountain cave on the island of . Located about 2150 meters above sea level in the heart of the Piton des Neiges, it falls within the municipality 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. It is located centrally on the , in a caldera of altitude 1,214 m. The caldera is also named for the community. 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 . It is the main community in the island's Cirque de Salazie, and is named for the respected former admiral and island governor Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell. is situated 6 km northwest of Réunion.

Town
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is a commune in the overseas department of . It lies in the eastern part of the island, on the RN3 road, south west of and northeast of the . is situated 10 km east of Réunion.

Réunion

Latitude
-21.1143° or 21° 6′ 51″ south
Longitude
55.5476° or 55° 32′ 51″ east
Population
840,000
Elevation
1,531 metres (5,023 feet)
Open location code
5HCQVGPX+72
Geo­Names ID
935316
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Satellite Map

Discover Réunion from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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

Explore places such as Duvernay and Terre Plate.

Notable Places Nearby

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

Réunion: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Saint-Denis, Piton de la Fournaise, Saint-Leu, and Petite-Île.

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