Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion

Sainte-Suzanne
Sainte-Suzanne
	The town hall of Sainte-Suzanne The town hall of Sainte-Suzanne
	250px
	Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Réunion
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Canton	Saint-Suzanne
Intercommunality	Nord de la Réunion
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Maurice Gironcel
Area1	58.84 km2 (22.72 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	22,388
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	97420 / 97441
Elevation	0–1,449 m (0–4,754 ft); (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sainte-Suzanne is a commune on the north coast of the French island and department of Réunion.

Geography

It is bordered by the communes of Saint-André, Sainte-Marie and Salazie. The course of the Saint-Jean River denoted the border between Saint-André and Saint-Suzanne.

The town, along with Saint-Denis, was founded in 1667 by Étienne Regnault, the first governor of the island.

The following people were natives of Sainte-Suzanne:

Edmond Albius (1829–1880), a slave who discovered the artificial pollination of vanilla.
Élie Hoarau (born 1938), politician.
René-Paul Victoria (born 1954), politician.

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

This Réunion location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Sainte-Suzanne
The town hall of Sainte-Suzanne The town hall of Sainte-Suzanne
250px
Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Réunion
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Canton	Saint-Suzanne
Intercommunality	Nord de la Réunion
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Maurice Gironcel
Area¹	58.84 km² (22.72 sq mi)
Population (2012)²	22,388
• Density	380/km² (990/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	97420 / 97441
Elevation	0–1,449 m (0–4,754 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.