Saint-Paul () is the second-largest
commune
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in the
French overseas department of
Réunion. It is located on the extreme west side of the island of Réunion.
Until 1999, near Saint Paul there was the 428 metres tall mast
OMEGA Chabrier transmitter.
Population
Transport
Saint-Paul was to be the western terminus of the proposed
Réunion Tram Train. However, the project was abandoned in May 2010 due to a lack of funds.
The traditional grave of French
pirate
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...
Olivier Levasseur, nicknamed ''La Buse'' ("The Buzzard") or ''La Bouche'' ("The Mouth"), who was most famous for allegedly hiding one of the biggest
treasures
A treasure is a concentration of riches.
Treasure may also refer to:
Literature
* ''Treasure'' (Cussler novel), a 1988 novel by Clive Cussler
* ''Treasure'' (magazine), a British periodical for children
* '' Treasure: In Search of the Golden Ho ...
in pirate history, estimated at over
£1 billion, is located in Saint-Paul's
Cimetière marin de Saint-Paul cemetery. Besides pirates, the cemetery also serves as the permanent resting place of poets
Leconte de Lisle
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle''.
Biography
Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas ...
and
Eugène Dayot, as well as the painter
Arthur Grimaud.
Geography
Climate
Saint-Paul has a
tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...
(Köppen ''Aw''), closely bordering on a
hot semi-arid climate (''BSh''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Paul is . The average annual rainfall is with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around , and lowest in July, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Paul was on 25 January 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 14 August 1991.
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: ...
*
Saint-Pauloise FC
References
External links
* (in French)
Video du Marché
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Communes of Réunion
Cities in Réunion
Subprefectures in France
Cities in France