Réunion
Réunion | |
|---|---|
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Motto(s): | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Saint-Denis, Réunion |
| Departments | 1 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | Didier Robert |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2512 km2 (970 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 839,500 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (870/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+04 (RET) |
| ISO 3166 code | RE |
| GDP (2008)[2] | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
| Tot | €14.7 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
| Per capita | €18,200 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}}) |
| NUTS Region | FR9 |
| Website | www.reunion.fr/en |
Réunion (French: La Réunion, IPA: [la 'ʁeynjɔ̃] (
listen); previously Île Bourbon) is a French island wi a population o aboot 800,000 locatit in the Indie Ocean, east o Madagascar, aboot 200 kilometre (120 mi) sooth wast o Mauritius, the nearest island.
Admeenistratively, Réunion is ane o the owerseas depairtments o Fraunce. Lik the ither owerseas depairtments, Réunion is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce an aw (bein an owerseas region) an an integral pairt o the Republic wi the same status as those situatit on the European mainland.
Réunion is an ootermaist region o the European Union an, as an owerseas depairtment o Fraunce, is pairt o the Eurozone.[3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ « Nous sommes 840.000 Réunionnais à La Réunion », Témoignages, 16 March 2012.
- ↑ http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?amp;reg_id=24&ref_id=6802
- ↑ Réunion is pictured on aw Euro banknotes, on the back at the bottom o each note, richt o the Greek ΕΥΡΩ (EURO) next tae the denomination.
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