5. Reunion Island It is a volcanic island. Its highest peak (3 071m) is called the Piton des Neiges. Our island hosts one of the most active volcanoes in the world: the Piton de la Fournaise. St Pierre
24. The Cirque of Cilaos The Cirque of Cilaos is the third corry in Reunion island. It is also very beautiful. Here are planted the best lentils in the world. The circus(cirque) of cilaos is the third circus(cirque) of the Reunion island. She(it) is very beautiful aussi.c' is here that we plant lenses the most good of the world.
25. The Cirque of Cilaos The Cirque of Cilaos is the third corry in Reunion island. It is also very beautiful. Here are planted the best lentils in the world.
27. The inhabitants of Reunion island We are 850 000, all different. We are mixed.
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29. The population of Reunion Island . The Reunioneese population is composed of : - people from Madagascar, from the east of mainland Africa : the Caffers - from the western and south-east of India, Gujarat: the Z’Arabs - from Tamil Nadu in India : the Malbars - from southern China : the Chinese - and of course from Europe : the Z’Oreils . All arrived in the island during the different phases of the settlement and development of the island. Today, the population of the island is particularly mixed.
Our island was discovered between 1505 and 1512 by a Portuguese navigator of unknown identity may be it was Diogo Dias . Nobody was living here at that time.
In 1512 or 1513, the Portuguese explorer Don Pedro Mascarenhas came and he gave his name to the island group around Réunion, the Mascarenes . Archipelago Mascarareignes.
Our island is situated at the East of Africa in the Indian Ocean , 800 km from Madagascar.
We are a French territory since 1710 ( seventeen ten) and a French overseas department since 1946 (nineteen forty six). We are very far from Europe, 10 000 km separate us from our european friends which are here today Our French flag is blue, white and red . It symbolises « liberty » . The white represents the king and the blue and red the colors of Paris
It is a volcanic island . Its highest peak (3 071m) ( three thousand and seventy one meters) is called the Piton des Neiges, it is an extinct volcano and the island hosts one of the most active volcanoes in the world: the Piton de la Fournaise 2631 meters ( two thousands six hundred and thrity one meters) that you can see on the south-East of the island. The Piton de la Fournaise is created by a hotspot volcano.
Our island is populated with 810 000 inhabitants, ( eight hundred and ten thousand ) 2 512 ( two thousand five hundred and tweve) square kilometers 319 ( three hundred and nineteen) inhabitants by square kilometers. The main city is SAINT Denis and we live 87 (eighty seven) kms from Saint Denis, the capital city. Saint Paul on the west coast and Saint Pierre on the south coast are the 2 other main cities. The main city is SAINT Denis and we live at 80 kms far from Saint Denis Let us now introduce our Island : réunion..
We live in Saint Pierre and you are here today and that ‘s very nice . We are very happy to have you among us.
80 000 ( eighty thousand) people live here and Saint Pierre has a nice waterfront with restaurants, bars, beaches and a port.
Our island is a tropical island. We are near the tropic of Capricorn. We have 2 seasons: a dry season during the "southern winter" ,it is from May to November, where it is usually fine (21-28 ° C on the coast). And a rainy season in summer, from December to April (26-32 ° C on the coast) that’s the time of tropical depressions. Average temperatures vary according to the altitude : it’s colder when you go up.
we can have cyclones on the island during the wet season from December to May
Half of the island, the East side is very wet, it rains a lot and it’s rich in waterfalls and green landscapes. The other side, the west coast is drier, there are beaches and the weather is nice most of the year.
We have very nice beaches
Protected by a lagoon. The lagoon is situated between the coast and the coral reef.
Here you see the Langevin River, it’s situated in the South of our island and there is a very nice waterfall. In Reunion Island we have lots of waterfalls
Another nice waterfall
Our volcano : le Piton de la Fournaise, one of the most active of the planet.
It often erupts Many tourists come to admire this unique scenery.
One of the crater that you will see thurday, the Fornica Léo
Sometimes time it can snow snow on le Piton des Neiges.
Le Piton des Neiges under the snow
Réunion also has three calderas : the Cirque de Salazie , the Cirque de Cilaos and the Cirque de Mafate . The last is accessible only by foot or helicopter.
The Cirque of Salazie is the most beautiful of the three corries in Reunion island. It is also the most accessible.
The Cirque of Mafate is the second corry in Reunion. It is known to have the most beautiful landscapes. You can only hike to Mafate, there is no road.
The Cirque of Cilaos is the third corry in Reunion island. It is also very beautiful. Here are planted the best lentils in the world.
Another view of Cilaos.
One of our beautiful landscape
The inhabitants of Reunion island. We are 850 000, all different. We are mixed.
Here you can see the different inhabitants of our island
The Reunioneese population is composed of : - people from Madagascar, from the east of mainland Africa : the Caffers - from the western and south-east of India, Gujarat: the Z’Arabs - from Tamil Nadu in India : the Malbars - from southern China : the Chinese - and of course from Europe : the Z’Oreils . All arrived in the island during the different phases of the settlement and development of the island. Today, the population of the island is particularly mixed.
Here are various inhabitants
Here you can see chinese people.
We have 2 languages : Créole and French . And during your stay here you can learn some créole word.
And now let’s sing in créole our hym : « ti fleur fané »
