Bras-Panon () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the department and region of
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 ...
, France. It borders the communes of
Saint-André,
Saint-Benoît and
Salazie
Salazie () is a volcanic caldera and commune (administrative division) in the department and region of Réunion.
The first settlement of the area took place in 1829 after a cyclone had devastated the nearby coast, and the municipality of Sal ...
; as well as the
Mât river, the
Rivière des Roches and the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
.
The commune is a large producer of
vanilla
Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'', primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (''Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia'').
Pollination is required to make the p ...
, and holds the largest Agricultural Show on the island, every May.
Geography
Climate
Bras-Panon has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Af''). The average annual temperature in Bras-Panon is . The average annual rainfall is with February as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around , and lowest in August, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bras-Panon was on 13 February 2018; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 July 2005.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Réunion department
The following is a list of the 24 communes of the Réunion (an overseas department of France), along with the arrondissement (district) in which they are located, and the intercommunality of which they are a member.
Intercommunalities:
* CASUD: ...
References
External links
Site of the CIRESTofficial site
Communes of Réunion
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