Saint-Philippe
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| Commune of Saint-Philippe | |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 55.77 |
| Latitude | -21.34 |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Réunion |
| Department | Réunion |
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Saint-Pierre|Saint-Pierre]]]] |
| Intercommunality | No |
| Mayor | Hugues Salvan (2001-2007) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m– |
| Land area¹ | 153,94 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4 858 |
| - Density () | 32/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97417/ 97442 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Saint-Philippe is a commune in the French overseas département of Réunion. It is located in southeastern Reunion, bordering the commune of . In the 1999 census, Saint-Philippe had a population of 4,858.
[edit] Géographie
Saint-Philippe se trouve sur la pointe sud-est de l'île. Son territoire communal est limitrophe de ceux de Saint-Joseph and Sainte-Rose, to the west and north respectively. Although it is a coastal area, the administrative centre is in Les Hauts (the highland area of the island). A notable event in the commune's history was in 1897, when the Warren Hastings, a British boat, ran aground in the middle of the night. Two seamen died as a result, the crash sparked by a compass malfunction resulting from the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise. On board the ship was some electricity, for which the village of Tremblet would have to wait until 1984 to finally receive.
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