Saint-Pierre, Réunion
Saint-Pierre | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
An aerial view of part of Saint-Pierre and its port | |
Coat of arms | |
Motto(s): Fortis fortuna fortior (Latin: 'Courage is stronger than fortune') | |
Location of Saint-Pierre | |
Coordinates: 21°20′31″S 55°28′40″E / 21.3419°S 55.4778°E / -21.3419; 55.4778Coordinates: 21°20′31″S 55°28′40″E / 21.3419°S 55.4778°E / -21.3419; 55.4778 | |
Country | France |
Overseas region and department | Réunion |
Arrondissement | Saint-Pierre |
Canton | Saint-Pierre-1, 2 and 3 |
Intercommunality | Villes solidaires |
Government | |
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2014-2020) | Michel Fontaine (LR) |
Area 1 | 95.99 km2 (37.06 sq mi) |
Population (2012)2 | 80,823 |
• Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+04:00 |
INSEE/Postal code | 97416 /97410 |
Elevation | 0–1,642 m (0–5,387 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Saint-Pierre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.pjɛʁ]) is the third-largest commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. Located on the southwest side of the island, it is the capital of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
Contents
1 Climate
2 Infrastructure
2.1 Transportation
3 See also
3.1 Twin towns-Sister cities
4 References
5 External links
Climate
Climate data for St.-Pierre | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 29 (85) | 29 (85) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 26 (79) | 24 (76) | 24 (75) | 23 (74) | 24 (76) | 26 (79) | 28 (82) | 28 (83) | 27 (80) |
Average low °C (°F) | 26 (78) | 25 (77) | 24 (76) | 24 (75) | 22 (71) | 21 (69) | 19 (67) | 19 (66) | 20 (68) | 22 (71) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 110 (4.5) | 110 (4.4) | 180 (7.2) | 130 (5) | 110 (4.3) | 79 (3.1) | 61 (2.4) | 51 (2) | 33 (1.3) | 28 (1.1) | 58 (2.3) | 76 (3) | 1,030 (40.5) |
Source: Weatherbase [1] |
Infrastructure
Transportation
Pierrefonds Airport is located 5.5 kilometres outside of the commune.[2] Opened in 1999, this is a small airport for commercial traffic. It has an IATA code of ZSE.
See also
- Communes of the Réunion department
Twin towns-Sister cities
Saint-Pierre is twinned with:
Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius
References
- INSEE
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Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
^ FMEP – SAINT PIERRE PIERREFONDS. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 March 2019.
External links
Official website (in French)
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