Saint-Pierre, Réunion

History

It developed from a port built from 1854 to 1882, which was used for the trade between Asia and Europe. Today, it features 400 sites for fishing and pleasure boats, while most of the commercial traffic moved north to Le Port. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1773.

Geography

The town of Saint-Pierre is at the beginning of the only major road N3 across the island. From here, the road leads to Le Tampon, La Plaine des Cafres and Bourg Murat. From that area, there is a relatively easy access to the Piton de la Fournaise and a starting point of many excursions.

Climate

Saint-Pierre has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh), while Ligne Paradis and Ravine des Cabris's climate type has tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) in the southeast of the area. The average annual temperature in Saint-Pierre (downtown) is 24.1 C. The average annual rainfall is 672.1 mm with February as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 27.3 C, and lowest in July, at around 20.9 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Pierre (downtown) was 35.7 C on 20 February 2007; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 12.6 C on 15 September 2020. |Jan record high C = 35.6 |Feb record high C = 35.7 |Mar record high C = 34.5 |Apr record high C = 33.2 |May record high C = 32.0 |Jun record high C = 30.5 |Jul record high C = 31.5 |Aug record high C = 29.4 |Sep record high C = 30.7 |Oct record high C = 31.7 |Nov record high C = 32.8 |Dec record high C = 34.9 |year record high C = 35.7 |Jan record low C = 18.4 |Feb record low C = 17.6 |Mar record low C = 17.8 |Apr record low C = 16.6 |May record low C = 14.7 |Jun record low C = 13.4 |Jul record low C = 13.1 |Aug record low C = 12.9 |Sep record low C = 12.6 |Oct record low C = 14.5 |Nov record low C = 15.7 |Dec record low C = 17.1 |year record low C = 12.6 | access-date = September 7, 2022}}}} |Jan record high C = 35.8 |Feb record high C = 35.1 |Mar record high C = 34.8 |Apr record high C = 33.1 |May record high C = 32.0 |Jun record high C = 29.9 |Jul record high C = 30.5 |Aug record high C = 28.6 |Sep record high C = 28.6 |Oct record high C = 30.6 |Nov record high C = 32.1 |Dec record high C = 33.8 |year record high C = 35.8 |Jan record low C = 20.4 |Feb record low C = 20.1 |Mar record low C = 20.2 |Apr record low C = 18.7 |May record low C = 15.7 |Jun record low C = 14.6 |Jul record low C = 14.2 |Aug record low C = 13.8 |Sep record low C = 14.7 |Oct record low C = 15.1 |Nov record low C = 16.5 |Dec record low C = 18.8 |year record low C = 13.8 | access-date = September 1, 2022}}}} |Jan record high C = 34.7 |Feb record high C = 35.3 |Mar record high C = 34.5 |Apr record high C = 33.1 |May record high C = 31.9 |Jun record high C = 31.0 |Jul record high C = 31.3 |Aug record high C = 29.3 |Sep record high C = 30.6 |Oct record high C = 31.9 |Nov record high C = 33.2 |Dec record high C = 35.0 |year record high C = 35.3 |Jan record low C = 17.1 |Feb record low C = 18.0 |Mar record low C = 17.3 |Apr record low C = 15.5 |May record low C = 14.9 |Jun record low C = 13.4 |Jul record low C = 12.0 |Aug record low C = 12.2 |Sep record low C = 12.1 |Oct record low C = 13.0 |Nov record low C = 15.0 |Dec record low C = 15.5 |year record low C = 12.0 | access-date = August 31, 2022}} | access-date = August 31, 2022}}}} |Jan record high C = 34.1 |Feb record high C = 34.2 |Mar record high C = 34.3 |Apr record high C = 33.7 |May record high C = 31.0 |Jun record high C = 29.8 |Jul record high C = 29.2 |Aug record high C = 28.6 |Sep record high C = 29.7 |Oct record high C = 30.5 |Nov record high C = 33.2 |Dec record high C = 32.8 |year record high C = 34.3 |Jan record low C = 16.2 |Feb record low C = 16.3 |Mar record low C = 16.0 |Apr record low C = 14.1 |May record low C = 12.7 |Jun record low C = 11.1 |Jul record low C = 9.2 |Aug record low C = 10.1 |Sep record low C = 10.7 |Oct record low C = 11.5 |Nov record low C = 12.8 |Dec record low C = 15.5 |year record low C = 9.2 | access-date = September 6, 2022}}}}

Transportation

Pierrefonds Airport is located 5.5 kilometres outside of the commune. Opened in 1999, this is a small airport for commercial traffic. It has an IATA code of ZSE.

Population

| graph-pos = right |1961 |33947 |1967 |40355 |1974 |46060 |1982 |50082 |1990 |58846 |1999 |68915 |2007 |75265 |2012 |80823 |2017 |84212

Accommodations

There are no major hotels in Saint-Pierre. Comfort is only available at smaller houses such as converted Creole mansions and villas.

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Twin towns-Sister cities

Saint-Pierre is twinned with Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius.

Notable people

• Dimitri Payet
• Raphaël Babet

References

References

1. "La Réunion – Hôtel de ville (Saint-Pierre)". Structurae.
2. {{AIP_FR. FMEP. RUN
3. SPLAF (la Population et les Limites Administratives de la France). "Agglomérations et villes de la Réunion".
4. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-97416#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE