Sainte-Marie () is a commune in the French

overseas department The overseas departments and regions of France (, ; DROM) are the five departments and regions of the French Republic which are located outside European France (also known as " metropolitan France"). These overseas entities have exactly the s ...

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 north side of the island of Réunion, just east of, and adjacent to, the capital of Saint-Denis.

Geography

Climate

Sainte-Marie has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''Am'') closely bordering on 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 ...

(''Aw''). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie 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 Sainte-Marie was on 28 January 1993; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 25 August 1991.

Population

Transport & Economy

Reunion's main airport and the Air Austral headquarters are located in Sainte-Marie. There is also a small fishing harbour, a shopping-center and a brewery in the commune.

Sister cities

* Moka Flacq, (

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), since 1992- City of Ste.Marie Jumelages
(in French)

References

External links

Official website
(in French) Communes of Réunion {{Reunion-geo-stub