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633:Learn how and when to remove this message
1519:"Agglomérations et villes de la Réunion"
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103:20°55′35″S
1752:Le Tampon
1722:Saint-Leu
1422:Lazaretto
1370:Coastline
1358:Coastline
1228:Education
666:lazaretto
611:verifying
579:Geography
259:Elevation
237:UTC+04:00
232:Time zone
1792:Category
1619:Communes
1445:See also
1329:Barakani
1260:R.Verges
1258:Collège
1251:Collège
1244:Collège
1236:and one
1234:collèges
1217:Source:
1165:(54.17)
1110:(13.52)
1105:(13.52)
1096:Average
1747:Salazie
1677:Le Port
1623:Réunion
1621:of the
1541:, INSEE
1409:caldera
1336:Gallery
1320:(China)
1160:(6.04)
1155:(2.06)
1150:(1.06)
1145:(0.89)
1140:(0.82)
1135:(0.57)
1130:(1.12)
1125:(1.91)
1120:(3.17)
1115:(9.49)
1091:(40.1)
1086:(50.9)
1081:(45.0)
1076:(44.2)
1071:(42.3)
1066:(42.8)
1061:(40.1)
1056:(41.7)
1051:(46.4)
1046:(48.0)
1041:(51.8)
1036:(53.6)
1031:(52.7)
1021:(55.9)
1016:(59.4)
1011:(55.6)
1006:(52.7)
1001:(50.7)
996:(49.8)
991:(49.5)
986:(51.6)
981:(55.9)
976:(59.0)
971:(61.7)
966:(63.1)
961:(62.4)
951:(64.6)
946:(68.0)
941:(64.6)
936:(61.9)
931:(59.7)
926:(59.0)
921:(58.5)
916:(60.6)
911:(64.6)
906:(67.5)
901:(69.6)
896:(70.9)
891:(70.3)
881:(73.2)
876:(76.5)
871:(73.6)
866:(70.9)
861:(68.9)
856:(68.2)
851:(67.6)
846:(69.8)
841:(73.2)
836:(75.7)
831:(77.7)
826:(78.4)
821:(78.3)
811:(88.5)
806:(88.0)
801:(86.4)
796:(83.5)
791:(79.7)
786:(78.1)
781:(77.7)
776:(80.4)
771:(83.3)
766:(85.1)
761:(88.5)
756:(87.4)
751:(86.4)
672:Climate
605:Please
467:±% p.a.
439:and on
403:Le Port
391:Le Port
379:Réunion
333:History
308:Le Port
300:Réunion
291:in the
289:commune
287:) is a
147:Réunion
131:Country
41:Commune
1652:Cilaos
1456:Mafate
1438:Mafate
1407:Mafate
1394:church
1318:Foshan
1265:Lycée
1232:Three
702:Month
647:Mafate
567:+1.50%
564:33,020
556:+2.44%
553:30,653
545:+2.73%
542:27,175
534:+3.83%
531:21,904
523:+4.47%
520:15,614
512:+1.06%
509:11,002
501:+4.11%
498:10,112
490:+1.97%
319:Mafate
315:Cirque
293:French
253:/97419
218:35,245
166:Canton
135:France
1555:(PDF)
1238:lycée
1212:90.0
1209:10.2
1182:11.6
1179:13.5
1176:14.2
1163:1,376
1158:153.4
1113:241.1
1108:343.5
1103:343.4
741:Year
487:7,626
476:6,783
251:97408
244:INSEE
1566:2022
1526:2021
1206:6.6
1203:4.7
1200:4.1
1197:3.6
1194:3.4
1191:3.5
1188:6.2
1185:8.3
1153:52.2
1148:27.0
1143:22.6
1138:20.8
1133:14.4
1128:28.5
1123:48.5
1118:80.6
1084:10.5
1039:11.0
1034:12.0
1029:11.5
1019:13.3
1014:15.2
1009:13.1
1004:11.5
999:10.4
984:10.9
979:13.3
974:15.0
969:16.5
964:17.3
959:16.9
949:18.1
944:20.0
939:18.1
934:16.6
929:15.4
924:15.0
919:14.7
914:15.9
909:18.1
904:19.7
899:20.9
894:21.6
889:21.3
879:22.9
874:24.7
869:23.1
864:21.6
859:20.5
854:20.1
849:19.8
844:21.0
839:22.9
834:24.3
829:25.4
824:25.8
819:25.7
809:31.4
804:31.1
799:30.2
794:28.6
789:26.5
784:25.6
779:25.4
774:26.9
769:28.5
764:29.5
759:31.4
754:30.8
749:30.2
738:Dec
735:Nov
732:Oct
729:Sep
726:Aug
723:Jul
720:Jun
717:May
714:Apr
711:Mar
708:Feb
705:Jan
561:2017
550:2012
539:2007
528:1999
517:1990
506:1982
495:1974
484:1967
473:1961
462:Pop.
458:Year
207:Area
1089:4.5
1079:7.2
1074:6.8
1069:5.7
1064:6.0
1059:4.5
1054:5.4
1049:8.0
1044:8.9
994:9.9
989:9.7
685:Cwb
653:to
609:by
317:of
298:of
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