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Saint-Denis is a city located on the island of Réunion, which is a French territory in the Indian Ocean. It is the capital and largest city of Réunion, serving as the island's main administrative and economic center.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Denis
- Region
- La Réunion
- Country
- France
- Population
- 154,765
- Timezone
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Bilingual sign in French and Reunionese Creole Saint-Denis (/ˌsæ̃dəˈniː/, French: [sɛ̃ d(ə)ni] ; Reunionese Creole: Sin-Dni), unofficially Saint-Denis de La Réunion (pronounced [sɛ̃ d(ə)ni də la ʁeynjɔ̃]) for disambiguation, is the prefecture (administrative capital) of the French overseas department and region of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the island's northernmost point, close to the mouth of the Rivière Saint-Denis.
Saint-Denis is the most populous commune in the French overseas departments and the twentieth most populous in all of France. At the 2023 census, there were 326,743 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Saint-Denis (as defined by INSEE), 155,634 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Saint-Denis proper and the remainder in the neighbouring communes of La Possession, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne, Saint-André, and Bras-Panon.