The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre is an

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of France in the Réunion department in the Réunion

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. It has 10

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. Its population is 311,401 (2019), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, and their

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s, are: # Les Avirons (97401) #

Cilaos Cilaos () is a town and commune on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It is located centrally on the island, in a caldera of altitude 1,214 m. The caldera (usually known as the 'Cirque') is also named for the community. History ...

(97424) # Entre-Deux (97403) # L'Étang-Salé (97404) #

Petite-Île 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 uninh ...

(97405) # Saint-Joseph (97412) # Saint-Louis (97414) # Saint-Philippe (97417) # Saint-Pierre (97416) #

Le Tampon Le Tampon () is the fourth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the south-central part of the island of Réunion, adjacent to Saint-Pierre. In the early twentieth century, the town was the base for th ...

(97422)

History

The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, containing 11 communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis, was created in 1964. It lost four communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Paul in 1969.Décret n°69-876 du 24 septembre 1969
/ref> In September 2006 it absorbed the two communes of Les Avirons and L'Étang-Salé from the arrondissement of Saint-Paul. As a result of the reorganisation of the

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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-Pierre were, as of January 2015: # Les Avirons # Entre-Deux # L'Étang-Salé # Petite-Île # Saint-Joseph-1 # Saint-Joseph-2 # Saint-Louis-1 # Saint-Louis-2 # Saint-Louis-3 # Saint-Philippe # Saint-Pierre-1 # Saint-Pierre-2 # Saint-Pierre-3 # Saint-Pierre-4 # Le Tampon-1 # Le Tampon-2 # Le Tampon-3 # Le Tampon-4

References

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