Réunion
La Réunion
La Réunion ( Réunion Creole French) | |
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PLR) | |
• President of Departmental Council | Cyrille Melchior (LR) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,511 km2 (970 sq mi) |
• Rank | 15th region |
Population (January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 885,700 |
• Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
Demonym | Réunionese |
GDP | |
• Total | €21.67 billion |
• Per capita | €24,465 |
Time zone | UTC+04:00 (RET) |
ISO 3166 code | |
Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) |
Website | Prefecture Regional Council Departmental Council |
La Réunion (
La Réunion was uninhabited until French immigrants and colonial subjects settled the island in the 17th century. Its tropical climate led to the development of a plantation economy focused primarily on sugar; slaves from East Africa were imported as fieldworkers, followed by Malays,
Since 1946, Réunion has been governed as a
Name
France took possession of the island in the 17th century, naming it
The island changed its name again in the 19th century: in 1806, under the First Empire, General Decaen named it Île Bonaparte (after Napoleon), and in 1810 it became Île Bourbon again. It was eventually renamed Réunion after the fall of the July monarchy by a decree of the provisional government on 7 March 1848.[7]
In accordance with the original spelling and the classical spelling and typographical rules,[8] "la Réunion" was written with a lower case in the article, but during the end of the 20th century the spelling "La Réunion" with a capital letter was developed in many writings to emphasize the integration of the article in the name. This last spelling corresponds to the recommendations of the Commission nationale de toponymie[9] and appears in the current Constitution of the French Republic in articles 72-3 and 73.
History
The island has been inhabited since the 17th century, when people from France and Madagascar settled there. Slavery was abolished on 20 December 1848 (a date celebrated yearly on the island), when the
Early history
Not much is known of La Réunion's history prior to the arrival of the Portuguese in the early 16th century.
The first European discovery of the area was made around 1507 by Portuguese explorer Diogo Fernandes Pereira, but the specifics are unclear. The uninhabited island might have been first sighted by the expedition led by Dom Pedro Mascarenhas, who gave his name to the island group around Réunion, the Mascarenes.[12] Réunion itself was dubbed Santa Apolónia after a favourite saint,[11] which suggests that the date of the Portuguese discovery could have been 9 February, her feast day. Diogo Lopes de Sequeira is said to have landed on the islands of Réunion and Rodrigues in 1509.[citation needed]
Île Bourbon (1642–1793)
By the early 1600s, nominal Portuguese rule had left Santa Apolónia virtually untouched.[12] The island was then occupied by France and administered from Port Louis, Mauritius. Although the first French claims date from 1638, when François Cauche and Salomon Goubert visited in June 1638,[13] the island was officially claimed by Jacques Pronis of France in 1642, when he deported a dozen French mutineers to the island from Madagascar. The convicts were returned to France several years later, and in 1649, the island was named Île Bourbon after the French royal House of Bourbon. Colonisation started in 1665, when the French East India Company sent the first settlers.[12]
The French colonists developed a plantation economy founded on the cultivation of coffee and sugar by use of slave labor. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French colonisation, supplemented by importing Africans, Chinese and Indians as workers, contributed to ethnic diversity in the population. From 1690, most of the non-Europeans on the island were enslaved. Of the 80,000 slaves imported to Réunion and Mauritius between 1769 and 1793, 45% was provided by slave traders of the Sakalava people in North West Madagascar, who raided East Africa and the Comoros for slaves, and the rest was provided by Arab slave traders who bought slaves from Portuguese Mozambique and transported them to Réunion via Madagascar.[14]
Revolutionary revolts (1793–1814)
On 19 March 1793, during the French Revolution, the island's name was changed to "La Réunion" in homage to the meeting of the Federates of Marseille and the National Guards of Paris, during the march on the Tuileries Palace on 10 August 1792, and to erase the name of the Bourbon dynasty.[15]
The abolition of
Following climatic catastrophes of 1806-1807 (cyclones, floods), coffee cultivation declined rapidly and was replaced by
During the Napoleonic Wars, the island was invaded by British forces and its governor, General Sainte-Suzanne, was forced to capitulate on 9 July 1810. The island then came under British rule and was under British occupation until the end of the Napoleonic period. The old name of Île Bourbon was restored in 1810.
Colony of Bourbon, then Réunion (1814–1946)
Bourbon Island was returned to the French under the Treaty of Paris of 1814. The slave trade operated openly again after the British occupation, and despite international condemnation, Bourbon Island imported 2,000 slaves every month during the 1820s, mostly from the Arab Swahili coast or Quelimane in Portuguese Mozambique.[14]
In 1841, Edmond Albius' discovery of hand-pollination of vanilla flowers enabled the island to soon become the world's leading vanilla producer. The cultivation of geranium, whose essence is widely used in perfumery, also took off. From 1838 to 1841, Rear Admiral Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell was governor of the island. A profound change of society and mentality linked to the events of the last ten years led the governor to present three emancipation projects to the Colonial Council.
On June 9, 1848, after the arrival of news of the February 1848 French Revolution from Europe, governor Joseph Graëb announced the proclamation of the French Republic in Saint-Denis, and on that same day the island was definitely renamed "La Réunion", the name it had already held between 1793 and 1806. The establishment of the Republic was met with coldness and distrust by the wealthy White planters due to the professed abolitionism of the new Republican authorities in Paris. On 18 October 1848, the new Commissioner of the Republic Sarda Garriga, sent from Paris to replace governor Graëb, announced in Saint-Denis the abolition of slavery in Réunion Island, effective on 20 December 1848 (December 20 has been an official holiday in Réunion since then). Louis Henri Hubert Delisle became its first Creole governor on 8 August 1852, and remained in this position until 8 January 1858.
After abolition, many of the foreign workers came as
The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 reduced the importance of the island as a stopover on the East Indies trade route [17] and caused a shift in commercial traffic away from the island. Europe increasingly turned to sugar beet to meet its sugar needs. Despite the development policy of the local authorities and the recourse to compromise, the economic crisis became evident from the 1870s onwards. However, this economic depression did not prevent the modernization of the island, with the development of the road network, the creation of the railroad and the construction of the artificial harbor of the Pointe des Galets. These major construction projects offered a welcome alternative for agricultural workers.
During the
Modern history (1946–)
La Réunion became a 974
, and the region code 04
when regional councils were created in 1982 in France, including in existing overseas departments which also became overseas regions.
Over about two decades in the late 20th century (1963–1982), 1,630 children from La Réunion were relocated to rural areas of
In 2005 and 2006, La Réunion was hit by a crippling epidemic of chikungunya, a disease spread by mosquitoes. According to the BBC News, 255,000 people on La Réunion had contracted the disease as of 26 April 2006.[22] The neighbouring islands of Mauritius and Madagascar also suffered epidemics of this disease during the same year.[23][24] A few cases also appeared in mainland France, carried by people travelling by airline. The French government of Dominique de Villepin sent an emergency aid package worth €36 million and deployed about 500 troops in an effort to eradicate mosquitoes on the island.[citation needed]
Politics
La Réunion sends seven deputies to the
Status
Réunion is an overseas department and region of France (known in French as a département et région d'outre-mer, DROM) governed by article 73 of the Constitution of France, under which the laws and regulations are applicable as of right, as in metropolitan France.[25]
Thus, Réunion has a regional council and a departmental council. These territorial entities have the same general powers as the departments and regions of metropolitan France, albeit with some adaptations. Article 73 of the constitution provides for the possibility of replacing the region and the department by a single territorial entity, but, unlike French Guiana or Martinique, there are currently no plans to do so. Unlike the other DROMs, the constitution explicitly excludes Réunion from the possibility of receiving authorization from Parliament to set certain rules itself, either by law or by the national executive.[25] The state is represented in Réunion by a prefect. The territory is divided into four districts (Saint-Benoît, Saint-Denis, Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre). Réunion has 24 municipalities organized into 5 agglomeration communities. From the point of view of the European Union, Réunion is considered an "outermost region.”
Geopolitics
The positioning of La Réunion Island has given it a more or less important strategic role depending on the period.
Already at the time of the
The opening of the Suez Canal diverted much of the maritime traffic from the southern Indian Ocean and reduced the strategic importance of the island. This decline is confirmed by the importance given to Madagascar, which was later colonized.[17]
Today, the island, the seat of a
Administrative divisions
Administratively, La Réunion is divided into 24 communes (municipalities) grouped into four arrondissements. It is also subdivided into 25 cantons, meaningful only for electoral purposes at the departmental or regional level.[27] It is a French overseas department, hence a French overseas region. The low number of communes, compared with French metropolitan departments of similar size and population, is unique: most of its communes encompass several localities, sometimes separated by significant distances.
Municipalities (communes)
Name | Area (km2) | Population (2019)[28] | Coat of arms | Arrondissement | Map |
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Les Avirons | 26.27 | 11,440 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Bras-Panon | 88.55 | 13,057 | Saint-Benoît | ||
Cilaos | 84.4 | 5,538 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Entre-Deux | 66.83 | 6,927 | Saint-Pierre | ||
L'Étang-Salé | 38.65 | 14,059 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Petite-Île | 33.93 | 12,395 | Saint-Pierre | ||
La Plaine-des-Palmistes | 83.19 | 6,626 | Saint-Benoît | ||
Le Port | 16.62 | 32,977 | Saint-Paul | ||
La Possession | 118.35 | 32,985 | Saint-Paul | ||
Saint-André | 53.07 | 56,902 | Saint-Benoît | ||
Saint-Benoît | 229.61 | 37,036 | Saint-Benoît | ||
Saint-Denis | 142.79 | 153,810 | Saint-Denis | ||
Saint-Joseph | 178.5 | 37,918 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Saint-Leu | 118.37 | 34,586 | Saint-Paul | ||
Saint-Louis | 98.9 | 53,120 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Saint-Paul | 241.28 | 103,208 | Saint-Paul | ||
Saint-Philippe | 153.94 | 5,198 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Saint-Pierre | 95.99 | 84,982 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Sainte-Marie | 87.21 | 34,061 | Saint-Denis | ||
Sainte-Rose | 177.6 | 6,345 | Saint-Benoît | ||
Sainte-Suzanne | 58.84 | 24,065 | Saint-Denis | ||
Salazie | 103.82 | 7,136 | Saint-Benoît | ||
Le Tampon | 165.43 | 79,824 | Saint-Pierre | ||
Les Trois-Bassins | 42.58 | 7,015 | Saint-Paul |
The communes voluntarily grouped themselves into five groups for cooperating in some domains, apart from the four arrondissements to which they belong for purposes of national laws and executive regulation. After some changes in their composition, name and status, all of them operate with the status of agglomeration communities, and apply their own local taxation (in addition to national, regional, departmental, and municipal taxes) and have an autonomous budget decided by the assembly representing all member communes. This budget is also partly funded by the state, the region, the department, and the European Union for some development and investment programs. Every commune in Réunion is now a member of such an intercommunality, with its own taxation, to which member communes have delegated their authority in various areas.
Foreign relations
Although diplomacy, military, and French government matters are handled by Paris, La Réunion is a member of
Defence
The
The French naval presence includes two Floréal-class frigates, Floréal and Nivôse, the icebreaker L'Astrolabe, the patrol and support ship Champlain and the coast guard vessel Le Malin. The naval aviation element includes a Eurocopter AS565 Panther helicopter from Flottille 36F able to embark on the Floréal-class frigates as required.[32][29] In 2025, the helicopter is to be replaced by a AS 365N Dauphin.[33] By 2025, Le Malin is to be replaced by Auguste Techer, a vessel of the new Félix Éboué class of patrol vessels.[34] The French Navy will further reinforce its offshore patrol capabilities in the region by deploying a second vessel of the class (Félix Éboué) to Réunion by 2026.[35][36]
About 800 National Gendarmerie, including one mobile squadron and one high mountain platoon, are also stationed in Réunion.[37] The Maritime Gendarmerie has also operated the patrol boat Verdon in the territory[38] (though she was reported forward deployed in Mayotte as of 2022).[39]
Geography
The island is 63 km (39 mi) long; 45 km (28 mi) wide; and covers 2,512 km2 (970 sq mi). It is above a
The
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Plaine-des-Palmistes
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Cirque de Mafate is a caldera formed from the collapse of the large shield volcano the Piton des Neiges.
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Réunion from space (NASA image): The three cirques, forming a kind of three-leafed clover shape, are visible in the central north west of the image. Piton de la Fournaise is in the south east.
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Lava flow emitted in 2005 by the Piton de la Fournaise
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"Plage de l'Ermitage" beach
Geology and relief
La Réunion is a volcanic island born some three million years ago[42] with the emergence of the Piton des Neiges volcano. It has an altitude of 3,070.5 m (10,074 ft), the highest peak in the Mascarene Islands and the Indian Ocean. The eastern part of the island is constituted by the Piton de la Fournaise, a much more recent volcano (500,000 years old) which is considered one of the most active on the planet. The emerged part of the island represents only a small percentage (about 3%) of the underwater mountain that forms it.
In addition to volcanism, the relief of the island is very uneven due to active erosion. The center shelters three vast cirques dug by erosion (Salazie, Mafate and Cilaos) and the slopes of the island are furrowed by numerous rivers digging gullies, estimated at least 600,[43] generally deep and whose torrents cut the sides of the mountains up to several hundreds of meters deep.
The ancient massif of the Piton des Neiges is separated from the massif of La Fournaise by a gap formed by the plaine des Palmistes and the plaine des Cafres, a passageway between the east and the south of the island. Apart from the plains, the coastal areas are generally the flattest regions, especially in the north and west of the island. The coastline of the wild south is however steeper.
Between the coastal fringe and the Hauts, there is a steep transitional zone whose gradient varies considerably before arriving at the ridge lines setting the cirques or the Enclos, the caldera of the Piton de la Fournaise.
Climate
La Réunion is characterized by a humid
As a result, there are strong disparities in rainfall between the windward coast in the east and the leeward coast in the west, and in temperature between the warmer coastal areas and the relatively cooler highland areas.
In La Réunion there are two distinct seasons, defined by the rainfall regime:
- a rainy season from January to March, during which most of the year's rain falls;
- a dry season from May to November. However, in the eastern part and in the foothills of the volcano, rainfall can be significant even in the dry season;
April and December are transition months, sometimes very rainy but also very dry.
Pointe des Trois Bassins, located on the coast of the commune of Trois-Bassins (west), is the driest season, with a normal annual precipitation of 447.7 mm (17.63 in), while Le Baril, in Saint-Philippe (southeast), is the wettest coastal season, with a normal annual precipitation of 4,256.2 mm (167.57 in).[44]
However, the wettest station is in the highlands of Sainte-Rose, with an average annual rainfall of almost 11,000 mm (430 in), making it one of the wettest places in the world.
Temperatures in La Réunion are characterized by their great mildness throughout the year. In fact, the thermal amplitude from one season to another is relatively small (rarely exceeding 10 °C or 18 °F), although it is perceptible:
- In the warm season (November to April): average minimums usually range between 21 and 24 °C (70 and 75 °F), and average maximums between 28 and 31 °C (82 and 88 °F), on the coast. At 1,000 m (3,300 ft), average minimums fluctuate between 10 and 14 °C (50 and 57 °F) and average maximums between 21 and 24 °C (70 and 75 °F);
- In the cold season (May to October): temperatures at sea level vary from 17 to 20 °C (63 to 68 °F) for average minimums and from 26 to 28 °C (79 to 82 °F) for average maximums. At 1,000 m (3,300 ft), average minimums range from 8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F) and average maximums from 17 to 21 °C (63 to 70 °F).
In mountain towns, such as Cilaos or La Plaine-des-Palmistes, average temperatures range between 12 and 22 °C (54 and 72 °F). The highest parts of the habitat and the natural areas at altitude may suffer some winter frosts. Snow was even observed on the Piton des Neiges and Piton de la Fournaise in 2003 and 2006.[45]
The warmest day on record set on 30 January 2022. In the cold pole of the La Réunion (all-time low −5 °C or 23 °F) Gite de Bellecombe (2,245 m or 7,365 ft
While a growing number of islands (including "non-sovereign" islands) in the world are concerned about the effects of climate change, the island of Réunion was chosen (along with Gran Canaria in Spain) as an example for a case study of an affected ultra-European peripheral territory, for a study on the adequacy of urban and regional planning tools to the needs and characteristics of these islands (including land use and population density and the regulatory framework).
This work confirmed that urban and peri-urban land use pressures are high, and that adaptation strategies are incompletely integrated into land use planning. According to the Institute of Island Studies, there is a dysfunction: "island planning tools often do not take climate change adaptation into account and there is too much top-down management in the decision-making process".[46] Réunion holds the world records for the most rainfall in 12-, 24-, 72- and 96-hour periods,[47] including 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) in 24 hours.[48]
Beaches
La Réunion hosts many tropical and unique beaches. They are often equipped with barbecues, amenities, and parking spaces. Hermitage Beach is the most extensive and best-preserved lagoon in Réunion Island and a popular snorkelling location.[49] It is a white sand beach lined with casuarina trees under which the locals often organise picnics. La Plage des Brisants is a well-known surfing spot, with many athletic and leisurely activities taking place. Each November, a film festival is also organised in La Plage des Brisants. Movies are projected on a large screen in front of a crowd. Beaches at Boucan Canot are surrounded by a stretch of restaurants that particularly cater to tourists. L'Étang-Salé on the west coast is a particularly unique beach as it is covered in black sand consisting of tiny fragments of basalt. This occurs when lava contacts water, it cools rapidly and shatters into the sand and fragmented debris of various size. Much of the debris is small enough to be considered sand. Grand Anse is a tropical white-sand beach lined with coconut trees in the south of Réunion, with a rock pool built for swimmers, a pétanque playground, and a picnic area. Le Vieux Port in Saint Philippe is a green-sand beach consisting of tiny olivine crystals, formed by the 2007 lava flow, making it one of the youngest beaches on Earth.[50]
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Sunset at Grand Anse beach Réunion Island
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Restaurants along Boucan Canot beach[51]
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Manapany beach rock pool
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L'Étang-Salé Beach - a black sand beach from volcanic basalt
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L’Ermitage les Bains lagoon in front of Saint Paul, and its pass through the coral reef
Environment
Flora
The tropical and insular flora of La Réunion Island is characterized by its diversity, a very high rate of endemism and a very specific structure. The flora of La Réunion presents a great diversity of natural environments and species (up to 40 tree species/ha, compared to a temperate forest which has an average of 5/ha). This diversity is even more remarkable, but fragile, as it differs according to the environment (coastal, low, medium and high mountain).
La Réunion has a very high rate of
Wildlife
Like its prodigious floral diversity, Réunion is home to a variety of birds such as the
At least 19 species formerly
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A juvenile Emperor angelfish
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A white-tailed Tropicbird
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A Humpback whale off St-Gilles
Marine biodiversity
Despite the small area of coral reefs, the marine biodiversity of La Réunion is comparable to that of other islands in the area, which has earned the Mascarene archipelago its inclusion among the top ten global biodiversity "hotspots".[54] Réunion's coral reefs, both flat and barrier, are dominated mainly by fast-growing branching coral species of the genus Acropora (family Acroporidae), which provide shelter and food for many tropical species.
Recent scientific research in Réunion Island indicates that there are more than 190 species of corals, more than 1,300 species of mollusks, more than 500 species of crustaceans,[55] more than 130 species of echinoderms and more than 1,000 species of fish.[56]
La Réunion's deeper waters are home to dolphins, killer whales, humpback whales, blue sharks and a variety of shark species, including whale sharks, coral sharks, bull sharks, tiger sharks, blacktip sharks and great white sharks. Several species of sea turtles live and breed here.
Between 2010 and 2017, 23 shark attacks occurred in the waters of La Réunion, of which nine were fatal.
Migrations of humpback whales contributed to a boom of whale watching industries on Réunion, and watching rules have been governed by the OMAR (Observatoire Marin de la Réunion) and Globice (Groupe local d'observation et d'identification des cétacés).
Coral reef
Because the island is relatively young (3 million years old),[42] the coral formations (8,000 years old) are not well developed and occupy a small area compared to older islands, mostly in the form of fringing reefs.[42]
These formations define shallow "lagoons" (rather "reef depressions"), the largest of which is no more than 200 m (660 ft) wide and about 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) deep.[59] These lagoons, which form a discontinuous reef belt 25 km (16 mi) long (i.e. 12% of the island's coastline) with a total area of 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi), are located on the west and southwest coast of the island. The most important are those of L'Ermitage (St-Gilles), St-Leu, L'Étang-Salé and St-Pierre.
Management
Since 2010, La Réunion is home to a
Gardening and Bourbon roses
The first members of the
Threats to the environment
Among coastal
Nearly one-third of fish species were already considered threatened or vulnerable in 2009, with coral degradation in many places. The causes of this state of affairs are pollution, overfishing and poaching, as well as anthropogenic pressure, especially linked to the densification of urbanization in coastal areas and the discharge of sewage.[65]
15 species living on La Réunion were included in the Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[66]
Demographics
Historical population
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Local population estimates and censuses up to 1946.[67][68] INSEE censuses between 1954 and 2021.[69][1] Last INSEE 2024 estimate.[1] |
Major metropolitan areas
The most populous metropolitan area is Saint-Denis, which covers six communes (Saint-Denis, Sainte-Marie, La Possession, Sainte-Suzanne, Saint-André, and Bras-Panon) in the north of the island.[70] The three largest metropolitan areas are:[71]
Urban unit | Population (2021) |
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Saint-Denis | 319,141 |
Saint-Pierre-Le Tampon | 224,549 |
Saint-Paul | 172,302 |
Migrations and ethnic groups
At the 2019 census, 82.4% of the inhabitants of La Réunion were born on the island, 11.7% were born in Metropolitan France, 1.0% were born in Mayotte, 0.3% were born in the rest of Overseas France, and 4.6% were born in foreign countries (46% of them children of French expatriates and settlers born in foreign countries, such as children of Réunionese settlers born in Madagascar during colonial times; the other 54% immigrants, i.e. people born in foreign countries with no French nationality at birth).[72]
In recent decades, the number of Metropolitan Frenchmen living on the La Réunion has increased markedly: only 5,664 natives of Metropolitan France lived in Réunion at the 1967 census, but their numbers were multiplied by more than 6 in 23 years, reaching 37,516 at the 1990 census, and then nearly tripled in the next 29 years, reaching 100,493 at the 2019 census.[73][74][72] Native Réunionese, meanwhile, have emigrated increasingly to Metropolitan France: the number of natives of La Réunion living in Metropolitan France rose from 16,548 at the 1968 census to 92,354 at the 1990 census to 130,662 at the 2019 census, by which date 15.7% of the natives of Réunion lived outside of Réunion.[74][72]
La Réunion has experienced extremely little immigration of foreigners since World War Two, and by the 2019 census only 2.5% of the inhabitants of Réunion were immigrants. This is in contrast to the situation that prevailed from the middle of the 19th century until World War Two when many migrants from India (especially from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat),[75] Eastern Asia (particularly China), and Africa came to La Réunion to work in the plantation economy. Their descendants have now become French citizens.
Census | Born in Réunion |
Born in Metropolitan France |
Born in Mayotte |
Born in the rest of Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 |
Immigrants2 |
2019 | 82.4% | 11.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 2.5% |
2013 | 83.7% | 11.1% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% |
2008 | 84.6% | 10.3% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 2.4% | 1.8% |
1999 | 86.1% | 9.1% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.4% |
1990 | 90.4% | 6.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
1982 | 93.1% | 4.1% | 2.8% | |||
1967 | 96.8% | 1.4% | 1.8% | |||
1Persons born abroad of French parents, such as Pieds-Noirs and children of French expatriates .2An immigrant is by French definition a person born in a foreign country and who did not have French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still listed as an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. | ||||||
Source: IRD,[73] INSEE[74][72] |
Ethnic groups present include people of
It is not known exactly how many people of each ethnicity live in La Réunion, since the French census does not ask questions about ethnic origin,
Religion
The predominant religion is Christianity. The
are also represented, among others.Most large towns have a Hindu temple and a mosque.[84]
Culture
Réunionese culture is a blend (métissage) of European, African,
Language
French is the sole official language of Réunion. Though not official, Réunion Creole is widely spoken alongside French. Creole is commonly used for informal purposes, whereas the official language for administrative purposes, as well as education, is French.[85]
Other languages spoken on La Réunion include:
Cantonese, Arabic and Tamil are offered as optional languages in some schools.[82]
Music
There are two music genres which originated in La Réunion: sega, which originated earlier and is also traditional in Mauritius, Rodrigues and Seychelles; and maloya, which originated in the 19th century and is only found in Réunion. Every 20 December, the inhabitants of La Réunion celebrate La Réunion Freedom Day. This celebration, also known as the Fête des Cafres or "Fet' Kaf'", commemorates the proclamation of the abolition of slavery by the Second Republic (France) in 1848. The term "cafre" refers to the Africans of the "Cafrerie" (a part of southern Africa). It derives from the Afrikaans word "kaffer", which is similar to the American slang "nigger" or "nègre", originating in colonial France.[86]
Today, in the 21st century, Reunionese celebrate with joy the end of a long period of oppression. Cafres, Malagasy, Comorians, Indians, Yabs, Z'oreilles and metropolitans gather in the streets dancing to the rhythm of the sega and the maloya, the two great musical genres of Réunion.[87] Numerous concerts are organized, most of them free, as well as costume parades and dance shows such as merengue, for example.
Cuisine
Always accompanied by rice, the most common dishes are carry (sometimes spelled cari), a local version of Indian
Some examples of popular réunionese dishes include:
- Achards (inspired by achaar)
- Cabri massalé
- Cari poulet
- Rougail dakatine
- Rougail morue
- Rougail saucisse
- Bouchon
In general, there are few dishes without meat or fish, so there are few vegetarian options. One of them is chouchou chayote gratin. Otherwise, mainly poultry is consumed. One of the local specialties is tangue[90] civet (of the hedgehog family).
Sport
Football
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport. With more than 30,000 licensed players for a population exceeding 850,000 inhabitants, it remains the sport of choice for young people. Although the highest level of competition called the First Division of Réunion is equivalent to a division d'honneur in metropolitan France (DH), all the youngsters hope to play at the highest level one day.
This has been the case for players such as
Architecture
Structurally, the local Creole house is said to be symmetrical.
The Villa Déramond-Barre is a Creole architectural model of great heritage interest.[94]
Traditions
Two forms of musical expression historically make up the folkloric tradition of Réunion Island. One, the sega, is a Creole variant of the quadrille, the other, the maloya, like the American blues, comes from Africa, carried by the nostalgia and pain of slaves uprooted and deported from their homeland.
The sega, a disguised ballroom dance to the rhythm of traditional Western instruments (accordion, harmonica, guitar, etc.), is a testament to the fun of colonial society at the time. Today, it is still the typical ballroom dance of the island of Réunion and the Mascarene archipelago in general, along with the Mauritian sega and the Rhodesian sega.
The slaves' maloya, a ritual dance full of melodies and gestures, was performed almost clandestinely at night around a bonfire; the few instruments that accompanied it were made of plants (bamboo, gourds, etc.).
Beyond their taste for this musical art form, the maloya troupes wanted to perpetuate the memory of the slaves, their suffering and their uprooting. Through sometimes controversial texts, they remind France of its slave-owning past and underline the damage that this colonial era did to human beings; in the course of the island's history, maloya artists and kabars (gatherings) were sometimes banned by the authorities.
With the institution of a public holiday to celebrate the abolition of slavery (fête caf', 20 December), maloya has received official recognition; it is regularly played on public radio and many discotheques and dance parties programme it regularly; it is even enjoying a revival: groups have begun to make modern versions, styles and arrangements, such as maloggae and other electric maloya.
Some of Réunion Island's emblematic musical groups include: Groupe folklorique de La Réunion, Kalou Pilé, Baster, Ousanousava, Ziskakan, Pat'Jaune, Danyèl Waro, Tisours, etc. We can also mention one of the greatest Maloya singers: Lo Rwa Kaf. Born in Sainte-Suzanne, he was one of the first to sing Maloya. When he died in 2004, many people were present at his funeral.
In 2008, the artist Brice Guilbert made a video clip entitled La Réunion. In this clip, we see him crossing all the landscapes of the island.
In the field of contemporary dance, we can mention the choreographer Pascal Montrouge, who directs the only company in France that has a double headquarters in Saint-Denis de La Réunion and Hyères, which reinforces the sense of his vision of identity. In 2007, the city of Saint-Denis de La Réunion entrusted him with the artistic direction of its Saint-Denis Danses festival.
The island is home to the regional conservatory of La Réunion, which has four teaching centres and was created in 1987 under the impetus of the then president of the region, Pierre Lagourgue. Today, although traditional dances are not forgotten in the conservatoires (which teach dance, music and theatre), the dances taught are classical dance, contemporary dance and Bharata natyam dance. These students regularly have the opportunity to dance with choreographers from Réunion such as Didier Boutiana cie "Konpani Soul city", Soraya Thomas cie "Morphose" or Éric Languet cie "Danse en l'R". These different local companies allow the inhabitants of Réunion to dance professionally.
Urban culture has also made its appearance, following the trends and influences of metropolitan France and the United States. Thus, hip-hop culture is developing, but also ragga dancehall, with KM David or Kaf Malbar being the figurehead of this new movement, influencing the young generation all over the island, with their songs spread by mp3 or internet. Many young artists are trying to "break through" in this music, whose industry is developing reasonably well, locally but also internationally, and has nothing to envy from the precursors of French dancehall.
Media
Broadcasting
Réunion has a local public television channel,
It has a local public radio station, formerly Radio Réunion, but now known as Réunion 1ère, like its television counterpart. It also receives the Radio France networks France Inter, France Musique and France Culture. The first private local radio station, Radio Freedom, was introduced in 1981. They broadcast daily content about weather and local services.
Newspapers
Two main newspapers:
Cinema
Present on the island since 1896, is marked by its insularity and its geographical distance from metropolitan France. In the absence of the Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC), it has developed specific distribution and dissemination networks. Its landscapes first served as a natural backdrop for many film and television productions, and film events, such as festivals, multiplied there. Digital technology now facilitates the development of local productions, most of which reflect the particularities of a multicultural and multilingual society.
The Réunion Film festival (festival du film de La Réunion) was created in 2005 and is chaired by Fabienne Redt. The festival presented first and second feature films by French directors. The 10th and last edition took place in 2014 in partnership mainly with the TEAT Champ Fleuri (Saint-Denis) and the city of Saint-Paul.
In the Port, the International Film Festival of Africa and the La Réunion Islands (Festival international du film d'Afrique et des îles de La Réunion) was also held.
Among the existing film festivals is the Réunion Island Adventure Film Festival (13 editions), which awards prizes to adventure films.
In Saint-Philippe, the Festival Même pas peur, Réunion's international fantasy film festival, has been held since 2010.
In Saint-Pierre, there are two festivals: Écran jeunes (25th edition in 2019) and the Festival du Film Court de Saint-Pierre, directed by Armand Dauphin (3rd edition in 2019).
Film
- Adama (animated there)
- Mississippi Mermaid (1969) (filmed there)
Blogs
- Reunion Island Tourism blog (English/French tourism blog)
- Visit Reunion (English language blog and Instagram page)[95][non-primary source needed]
Internet
The internet situation in Réunion was once marked by its insularity and remoteness from mainland France, which caused some technological delays. Today, the trend has been reversed and the region has a relatively efficient internet connection and is one of the departments most connected by fibre optics in France.
Internet connection can be provided by ADSL (offered by four operators), fibre optic (three operators), or by cellular data on 4G and 5G networks (currently being tested in Saint-Denis).
Réunion domain names have the suffix .re. The La Réunion region has deployed a regional fibre-optic network for operators. This network is based partly on EDF's very high voltage cables - G@zelle network, partly on the region's own fibre and partly on Hertzian links for the most isolated areas. This network is managed by a public service company called La Réunion Numérique.[96]
Economy
In 2019, the GDP of Réunion at market exchange rates, not at PPP, was estimated at 19.5 billion euros (US$21.8 bn) and the GDP per capita (also at market exchange rates) was 22,629 euros (US$25,333),[citation needed] the highest in sub-Saharan Africa,[97] but only 61.7% of metropolitan France's GDP per capita that year, and 73.5% of the metropolitan French regions outside the Paris Region.[98]
Before the
Economic growth returned in 2014. The economy grew by an average of +2.9% per year in real terms from 2014 to 2017, and the GDP per capita of Réunion rose to 62.4% of metropolitan France's GDP per capita by 2017, its highest level ever.[98] The economy slowed down in 2018, growing at only +1.7% due in part to the yellow vests protests which paralyzed the Réunionese economy in the end of 2018, before recovering to +2.2% in 2019.[99] As a result of this slower growth since 2018, the GDP per capita of Réunion fell back slightly compared to metropolitan France's, standing at 61.7% of metropolitan France's level in 2019.[98]
Réunion was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, leading to a massive recession of -4.2% that year according to provisional estimates, the largest on record,[99] although less severe than in metropolitan France (-7.9% for metropolitan France in 2020).[98]
2000 | 2007 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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Nominal GDP (€ bn) | 9.55 | 15.17 | 16.53 | 16.97 | 17.55 | 18.07 | 18.56 | 19.00 | 19.51 |
GDP per capita (euros) | 13,218 | 18,937 | 19,701 | 20,045 | 20,608 | 21,171 | 21,707 | 22,128 | 22,629 |
GDP per capita as a % of Metropolitan France's |
53.7% | 61.6% | 60.6% | 61.0% | 61.5% | 62.4% | 62.4% | 62.0% | 61.7% |
Source: INSEE.[98] |
Sugar was traditionally the chief agricultural product and export. Tourism is now an important source of income.[100] The island's remote location combined with its stable political alignment with Europe makes it a key location for satellite receiving stations[101] and naval navigation.[102]
GDP sector composition in 2017 (contribution of each sector to the total gross value added):[103]
Sector | % of total GVA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 1.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mining and quarrying | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturing | 4.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Utilities | 1.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | 5.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Market services | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Non-market services | 36.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Unemployment is a major problem on Réunion, although the situation has improved markedly since the beginning of the 2000s: the unemployment rate, which stood above 30% from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, declined to 24.6% in 2007, then rebounded to 30.0% in 2011 due to the
In 2021, 36.1% of the population lived below the poverty line (defined by INSEE as 60% of Metropolitan France's median income; in 2021 the poverty line for a family of two parents and two young children was €2,423 (US$2,868) per month),[106] a marked decrease compared to 2013 when 49% of the population lived below the poverty line.[107]
Rum distillation contributes to the island's economy. A "Product of France", it is shipped to Europe for bottling, then shipped to consumers around the world.
Brasseries de Bourbon is the main brewery of the island, with Heineken as shareholder.
Tourism
Income from tourism is La Réunion primary economic resource, ahead of sugarcane production and processing, which has allowed the development of large Réunionese groups such as Quartier Français, Groupe Bourbon ex-Sucreries Bourbon, a large international company now listed on the stock exchange, but based outside the island and which has abandoned the sugar sector for the off-shore maritime sector. With the reduction of subsidies, this culture is threatened. Therefore, the development of fishing in the French Southern Territories has been promoted.
The tertiary sector, particularly the commercial sector, is by far the most developed, and import distribution has taken off in the mid-1980s through affiliation and franchising agreements with metropolitan groups. The advent of franchised distribution has transformed the commercial apparatus, which historically was characterized by the geographic dispersion of small grocery-type units; the few "Chinese stores" still in operation are limited to mid-range towns and, as relics of a bygone era, have more of a tourist and educational appeal, even if they retain a convenience store function.
Despite its economic dynamism, the island is unable to absorb its significant unemployment, which is explained in particular by a very strong demographic growth. Many Réunioners are forced to move to metropolitan France for their studies or to find work.
Agriculture
Agriculture in Réunion is an important activity in the island's economy:[108] the agricultural territory covering 20% of the island's surface area employs 10% of the active population, generates 5% of the gross regional product and provides the island's main export. Formerly centered on coffee and clove cultivation, it has focused on sugar cane since the events of the early 19th century, namely the Great Avalanches and the seizure of Réunion by the British. Today it faces important issues related to the decisions of the World Trade Organization at the international level and the development of the urban fact at the local level.
Réunion Island has about 7,000 farms, 5,000 of which are professional. These farms mobilize almost 11,000 AWU (annual workload of one person on a full-time basis).
Ninety-seven percent of the farms in Réunion are less than 20 hectares in size, compared to an average of 78 hectares in mainland France.
The most common status is that of individual farmer (97%).
In 2005, more than 60% of farm managers were between 40 and 59 years old.
Public services
Health
In 2005–2006, Réunion experienced an epidemic of chikungunya, a viral disease similar to dengue fever brought in from East Africa, which infected almost a third of the population because of its transmission through mosquitoes. The epidemic has since been eradicated. See the History section for more details.
Transport
Education
Réunion Island has its own
She succeeds Vêlayoudom Marimoutou, who took office as secretary general of the Indian Ocean Commission on 16 July.
The Rectorate is located in the main city, in the Moufia district of Saint-Denis. At the start of the 2012 school year, the island had 522 pre-school or primary schools, including 26 private schools, for 120,230 students at the primary level, 82 secondary schools, including six private schools, for 61,300 students, 32 general and technological high schools, including three private schools, for 23,650 students, and 15 vocational schools, including two private schools, for 16,200 students.
Réunion's priority education zones affect slightly more than half of the primary and secondary school students.[110]
Baccalaureate results are relatively close to the national average with a rate of 81.4% in 2012 compared to 82.4% in 2011 (respectively: 84.5% and 85.6% in the national average).
In higher education, the University of La Réunion has 11,600 students spread across the various sites, especially in Saint-Denis and Le Tampon. A further 5,800 students are divided between the post-baccalaureate courses of secondary education and other higher studies.[111]
Energy
Energy on Réunion depends on oil and is limited by the island's
Hydroelectric power
Due to the large volumes of rainfall, the flow of surface water allows the installation of hydroelectric infrastructures, especially as erosion has carved out narrow and very deep ravines. The Sainte-Rose plant (22 MW) and the Takamaka plant (17.5
Symbols
La Réunion has no official coat of arms or flag.
Former Governor Merwart created a coat of arms for the island on the occasion of the 1925 colonial exhibition organised on Petite-Île. Merwart, a member of the Réunion Island Society of Sciences and Arts, wanted to include the island's history:
- the bees evoke the Empire;
- the central coat of arms evokes the French Republican flag;
- the fleurs-de-lis evoke the royal era;
- The motto "Florebo quocumque ferar" is that of the French East India Company and means "I will bloom wherever they take me", while the vanilla vines honour a flourishing harvest.
- The Roman numeral "MMM" evokes the altitude of the highest peaks;
- the ship Saint-Alexis is the one that first took possession of the island;
The most commonly used flag in La Réunion is that of the "radiant volcano", designed by Guy Pignolet in 1975, sometimes called "Lo Mavéli":[112] it represents the volcano of Piton de la Fournaise in the form of a simplified red triangle on a navy blue background, while five sunbeams symbolise the arrival of the populations that have converged on the island over the centuries.[113]
See also
- Administrative divisions of France
- Alfred Nakache
- Anchaing
- Du battant des lames au sommet des montagnes
- List of colonial and departmental heads of Réunion
- List of French overseas islands
- List of Réunionnais
- Lists of islands
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
- Scouting and Guiding in Réunion
Notes
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External links
Government
- Departmental Council website (in French)
- Prefecture website (in French)
- Regional Council website (in French)