Réunion January 22, 2021 Africa , archipelago , Cilaos , Cirque de Cilaos , Cirque de Mafate , Cirque de Salazie , colony , dependencies and overseas territories , DROM , East Africa , Éparses , European Union , France , French colony , French Overseas Region and Department , French Southern and Antarctic Lands , île , île Bourbon , îles Éparses , Indian Ocean , Indianoceania , Mafate , Mascareignes , Outermost regions of the European Union , overseas , Piton de la Fournaise , Réunion , Reunion Island , Saint-Denis , Saint-Denis-de-la-Réunion , Salazie , TAAF , tourism , volcano Official name Réunion Name in local language Réunion (fr) Continent Africa Subcontinent East Africa Population (ranking: 168e ) 858,450 inhabitants (2021) Population growth -0.18 % / year Area 2,512 km² Density 341.74 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 120e )19.260 billions $USD (2015) GDP/capita (ranking ) 22,777 $USD (2015) GDP growth 2.80 % / year (2015) Life expectancy (ranking ) 80.40 years (2014) Birth rate 16.80 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 2.45 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 5.20 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.10 ‰ (2014) Literacy rate 99.84 % (2015) Official languages French Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: n.c. )0.000 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018) Government Overseas region and department of France Head of State President Emmanuel Macron National Day 14 July (French Revolution of 1789) ISO Codes RE, REU Demonym Réunionese, French Tourists (ranking ) 426,000 people (2015)
Réunion is an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean that forms a French overseas department and region. It is located in the Mascarene archipelago about 700 kilometers east of Madagascar and 170 kilometers southwest of Mauritius , the nearest land.
Réunion Countryside of the Réunion Volcano Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Saint-Denis 314,880 inhabitants Saint-Pierre - Le Tampon 221,085 inhabitants Saint-Paul 170,118 inhabitants Les Herbiers 51,224 inhabitants
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