Saint-Joseph () is a
commune in the
French overseas department
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of
Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
. It is located on the extreme south end of the island of Réunion. As such, it features the southernmost point of the
European Union
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. The village
Vincendo is part of the commune.
Geography
Climate
Saint-Joseph has a
tropical monsoon climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Am''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Joseph 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 July, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Joseph was on 1 March 1991; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 25 July 1996.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Réunion department
References
External links
Official website(in French)
Communes of Réunion
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