Petite-Île

Petite-Île
The coastline of Petite-Île The coastline of Petite-Île
Coat of arms of Petite-Île Coat of arms
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Coordinates:
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Réunion
Arrondissement	Saint-Pierre
Canton	Petite-Île
Intercommunality	Villes Solidaires
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Serge Hoareau
Area1	33.93 km2 (13.10 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	11,564
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	97405 / 97429
Elevation	0–1,581 m (0–5,187 ft) (avg. 307 m or 1,007 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Petite-Île (French: 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.

Economy

The main economy in the commune is agriculture-based, with cane sugar plantations, along with fruit and vegetable farming.

See also

• Communes of the Réunion department

• Reunion PetiteIle.JPG

  coastline

• Reunion PetiteIle 2.JPG
• SugarCaneFields ReunionIsland.jpg

  Sugarcane fields

• Plage de Grand-anse.JPG

  beach of Grand-Anse

• Réunion PetiteIle BasalticCliffs PalagoniteInterLayers.JPG

References

• INSEE

External links

• (French) Petite Ile official website
• (French) Site of the CIVIS