Saint-Paul () is the second-largest

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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

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Olivier Levasseur, nicknamed ''La Buse'' ("The Buzzard") or ''La Bouche'' ("The Mouth"), who was most famous for allegedly hiding one of the biggest

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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

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and Eugène Dayot, as well as the painter Arthur Grimaud.

Geography

Climate

Saint-Paul has a

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(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.

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