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The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre is an arrondissement of France in the Réunion department in the Réunion region. It has 10 communes.[2] Its population is 311,401 (2019), and its area is 942.8 km2 (364.0 sq mi).[3]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Les Avirons (97401)
  2. Cilaos (97424)
  3. Entre-Deux (97403)
  4. L'Étang-Salé (97404)
  5. Petite-Île (97405)
  6. Saint-Joseph (97412)
  7. Saint-Louis (97414)
  8. Saint-Philippe (97417)
  9. Saint-Pierre (97416)
  10. Le Tampon (97422)

History

The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, containing 11 communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis, was created in 1964.[4] It lost four communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Paul in 1969.[5] In September 2006 it absorbed the two communes of Les Avirons and L'Étang-Salé from the arrondissement of Saint-Paul.[6]

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-Pierre were, as of January 2015:[7]

  1. Les Avirons
  2. Entre-Deux
  3. L'Étang-Salé
  4. Petite-Île
  5. Saint-Joseph-1
  6. Saint-Joseph-2
  7. Saint-Louis-1
  8. Saint-Louis-2
  9. Saint-Louis-3
  10. Saint-Philippe
  11. Saint-Pierre-1
  12. Saint-Pierre-2
  13. Saint-Pierre-3
  14. Saint-Pierre-4
  15. Le Tampon-1
  16. Le Tampon-2
  17. Le Tampon-3
  18. Le Tampon-4

References

  1. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Arrondissement de Saint-Pierre (9742)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  4. ^ Décret n°64-925 du 3 septembre 1964
  5. ^ Décret n°69-876 du 24 septembre 1969
  6. ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 30 June 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  7. ^ "Populations légales 2012: 974 Département de la Réunion" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014.

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