The arrondissement of Saint-Paul is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in the

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the Réunion

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. It has five communes. Its population is 214,073 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Paul, and their INSEE codes, are: # Le Port (97407) #

La Possession La Possession () is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the northwest side of the island of Réunion, between the capital of Saint-Denis and the commune of Le Port. To the territory of this commune belo ...

(97408) # Saint-Leu (97413) # Saint-Paul (97415) #

Les Trois-Bassins Les Trois-Bassins is a commune in the department of Réunion. It is found on the west coast of the island, and the summit of Grand Bénare lies within its borders. The commune borders Cilaos to the west, Saint-Paul to the north and Saint-Leu to ...

(97423)

History

The arrondissement of Saint-Paul, containing four communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Saint-Pierre and one commune that was previously part of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis, was created in 1969.Décret n°69-876 du 24 septembre 1969
/ref> In September 2006 it absorbed the two communes of Le Port and

from the arrondissement of Saint-Denis, and it lost the two communes of

Les Avirons Les Avirons (, meaning "the oars" in French), is a commune in the Réunion overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean. It borders the communes of Saint-Leu, Cilaos, Saint-Louis and L'Étang-Salé, and 150 metres of coastline. Geography ...

and

L'Étang-Salé L'Étang-Salé (; French for ''The Salty Pond'') is a commune in the department and region of Réunion. It is bordered by the communes of Les Avirons and Saint-Louis. Within the commune is the Étang-Salé forest. There is also a beach with blac ...

to the arrondissement of Saint-Pierre. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Saint-Paul were, as of January 2015: # Le Port-1 # Le Port-2 #

# Saint-Leu-1 # Saint-Leu-2 # Saint-Paul-1 # Saint-Paul-2 # Saint-Paul-3 # Saint-Paul-4 # Saint-Paul-5 # Les Trois-Bassins

References

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