Romainville Island, Seychelles

Romainville Island

Nickname: Ile de Romainville
Romainville Island, Seychelles is located in Seychelles Location of Romainville Island in Seychelles
Geography
Location	Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Coordinates
Archipelago	Inner Islands, Seychelles
Adjacent bodies of water	Indian Ocean
Total islands	1
Major islands	Romainville
Area
Length	1.0 km (0.62 mi)
Width	0.3 km (0.19 mi)
Coastline	2.4 km (1.49 mi)
Highest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Sovereign state
Seychelles
Group	Granitic Seychelles
Sub-Group	Mahe Islands
Sub-Group	Mahe Port Islands
Districts	English River
Largest settlement	Romainville (population 2)
Demographics
Demonym	Creole
Population	2 (as of 2014)
Density	10.3 /km2 (26.7 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone	SCT (UTC+4)
Official website	www.puc.sc
ISO Code = SC-16

Romainville Island is an artificial island in Seychelles, lying 2 km from the capital Vicoria.

History

The island was created artificially during 2000's. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The works began in 1998 In 2012 the island was ready for installment of wind turbines. In 2013 the island was visited by UN inspectors inspecting worldwide scale of wind farms. In the end of 2013 the wind farm was launched in 2014, it was reported that the PUC farm on Romainville was a success in 2018, Masdar will open a solar farm on the island

Geography

The artificial island plan is an industrialized plan

Demographics

The warden's house is located on the island's south point.

Administration

The island belongs to English River District.

Image gallery

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  Map 1

• SC-La Riviere Anglaise.png

  District Map

External links

• info
• Mahe Map 2015