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Petite-Île
Sign in to savePetite-Île (, literally Little Isle) is a commune on the French island and department of Réunion. The commune is bordered by the communes of Saint-Joseph to the east and Saint-Pierre to the west. The commune gets its name from the uninhabited islet off of its coast, the only such islet near Réunion that has vegetation. The commune was established in 1935.
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- Locality
- Petite-Île
- Region
- La Réunion
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,617
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Petite-Île
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.map
- Locator map of Petite-Île 2018.png
- French commune.image
- Reunion PetiteIle 2.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The coastline of Petite-Île
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville Fr Petite-Ile (Réunion).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Pierre
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Pierre-3
- French commune.INSEE
- 97405
- French commune.postal code
- 97429
- French commune.mayor
- Serge Hoareau
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Villes solidaires
- French commune.elevation m
- 307
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1581
- French commune.area km2
- 33.93
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Population
- Economy
- See also
- References
- External links
Petite-Île (, literally Little Isle) is a commune on the French island and department of Réunion. The commune is bordered by the communes of Saint-Joseph to the east and Saint-Pierre to the west. The commune gets its name from the uninhabited islet off of its coast, the only such islet near Réunion that has vegetation. The commune was established in 1935.
==Geography== ===Climate=== Petite-Île has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The average annual temperature in Petite-Île is . The average annual rainfall is with February as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around , and lowest in July, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Petite-Île was on 21 January 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 August 2001.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petite-Île” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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