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Réunion
| Location |
Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar |
| Latitude and longitude |
21 06 S, 55 36 E |
| Sovereignty |
France |
| Political status notes |
A Mono-Departmental Region of France; one of the seven Ultra Peripheral Regions
of the European Union
|
| Population |
720,934 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
2,502 |
| Capital |
Saint Denis |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Département de la Réunion
(French) |
| The Eurisles
information system database: under France, first select La
Réunion; then, under "domain", select the particular type
of information sought and, under "variable", a particular
subcategory of information |
| France's
Overseas Departments and Territories, from the French Embassy in
Australia |
| Region
Réunion (French) |
| La
Réunion, from the French Ministry of Overseas Departments and Territories
(French) |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| La
Situation de la Reunion, "Région Ultrapériphérique",
by Paul Verges, Président du Conseil Régional de La Réunion, in
Jean-Didier Hache (editor), What
Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles
d'Europe?) (2000); an abstract
in English (The situation in [the] Ultraperipheral Region
[of] Réunion) is available |
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