Articles in Reunion ( 50 )

50 Articles of interest in Reunion

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  • Réunion

    Réunion (French: La Réunion, IPA: [la ʁeynjɔ̃]; previously Île Bourbon) is a French island with a population of 840,974 inhabitants (as of January 2013) located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) southwest of Maur…

  • Roland Garros Airport

    Roland Garros Airport (French: Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros) (IATA: RUN, ICAO: FMEE), formerly known as Gillot Airport, is located in Sainte-Marie on Réunion, The airport is 7 kilometres (3.8 NM) east of Saint-Denis; it is named for the Fren…

  • Piton des Neiges

    The Piton des Neiges (Snow Peak) is a massive 3,069 m (10,069 ft) shield volcano on Réunion, one of the French volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is located about 800 kilometres (500 mi) east of Madaga…

  • Pierrefonds Airport

    Pierrefonds Airport (French: Aéroport de Saint-Pierre - Pierrefonds) (IATA: ZSE, ICAO: FMEP) is an airport located 5.5 kilometres (3 NM) west-northwest of Saint-Pierre in Réunion. It is the smaller of the two airports located on the island, Roland G…

  • Geography of Réunion

    Réunion is an island in Southern Africa, in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. It is an overseas region of France. The total area of the island is 2,512 km², of which 10 km² is water. The island has a coastline of 207 km.

  • Trou de Fer

    The Trou de Fer ("Iron Hole") is a canyon on Reunion Island, off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The primary river flowing through the gorge, which is up to 300 m (1,000 ft) deep, is the Bras de Caverne River, which is a tributary of th…

  • L'Âme de la France

    L'Âme de la France (“The Soul of France”) is the name given by the French sculptor Carlo Sarrabezolles to three identical monumental statues that he executed in three different materials during the interwar period, the first in plaster in 1921, the …

  • Hell-Bourg

    Hell-Bourg is a small village in the Salazie commune (administrative division) of the French overseas department of Réunion. It is the main community in the island's Cirque de Salazie, and is named for the respected former admiral and island governo…

  • Raid on Saint-Paul

    The Raid on Saint-Paul was an amphibious operation conducted by a combined British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Marines force against the fortified French port of Saint Paul on Île Bonaparte (now known as Réunion) during the Napoleonic Wars. The opera…

  • Stade Jean-Ivoula

    Colloquially known as Stade de l'Est, Stade Jean-Ivoula is a multi-use stadium in Saint-Denis, Réunion. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

  • La Grande Chaloupe

    La Grande Chaloupe is a village on the island of Réunion, an overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean, located on its northern coast between Saint-Denis and La Possession.

  • Jardin de l'État

    The Jardin de l'État, formerly known as the Jardin du Roy, is a historic botanical garden on the island of Réunion, found in the capital Saint-Denis.

  • Stade Raphaël Babet

    Stade Raphaël Babet is a multi-use stadium in Saint-Joseph, Réunion. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium for SS Excelsior.

  • Stade Michel Volnay

    Stade Michel Volnay is a multi-use stadium in Saint-Pierre, Réunion. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium for JS Saint-Pierroise.

  • Grand Étang

    Grand Étang (large pond in English) is a lake the largest lake on the island of Réunion, a French territory in the western Indian Ocean. It lies in the commune of Saint-Benoît, close to La Plaine-des-Palmistes, in the eastern part of the island. Its…

  • Rivière des Roches

    The Rivière des Roches is a river on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. It flows northeast from the centre of the island, reaching the sea close to the town of Bras-Panon.

  • Rivière des Remparts

    The Rivière des Remparts is a river on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. It flows south from the slopes of the Piton des Songes, in a deep caldera along the Piton de la Fournaise, reaching the sea at the town of Saint-Joseph.

  • Rivière des Marsouins

    The Rivière des Marsouins is a river on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. It flows northeast from the centre of the island, reaching the sea close to the town of Saint-Benoit.