Arrondissement of Saint-Denis, Réunion

The arrondissement of Saint-Denis is an arrondissement of France in the Réunion department in the Réunion region. It has three communes.[1] Its population is 204,304 (2016), and its area is 287.8 km2 (111.1 sq mi).[2]

Saint-Denis
Location within Réunion
CountryFrance
Overseas region
and department
Réunion
No. of communes3
PrefectureSaint-Denis
Area
  Total287.8 km2 (111.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total204,304
  Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
INSEE code9741

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis, and their INSEE codes, are:[1]

  1. Saint-Denis (97411)
  2. Sainte-Marie (97418)
  3. Sainte-Suzanne (97420)

History

At the creation of the department of Réunion in 1947, its only arrondissement was Saint-Denis.[3] It lost 11 communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Pierre in 1964,[4] six communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Benoît in 1968,[5] and one commune to the new arrondissement of Saint-Paul in 1969.[6] In September 2006 it lost the two communes of Le Port and La Possession to the arrondissement of Saint-Paul.[7]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Saint-Benoît were, as of January 2015:[8]

  1. Saint-Denis-1
  2. Saint-Denis-2
  3. Saint-Denis-3
  4. Saint-Denis-4
  5. Saint-Denis-5
  6. Saint-Denis-6
  7. Saint-Denis-7
  8. Saint-Denis-8
  9. Saint-Denis-9
  10. Sainte-Marie
  11. Sainte-Suzanne

References


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