La Plaine-des-Palmistes

La Plaine-des-Palmistes
The town hall in Plaine-des-Palmistes
The town hall in Plaine-des-Palmistes
Location of La Plaine-des-Palmistes
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Coordinates: 21°08′06″S 55°37′32″E / 21.1350°S 55.6256°E / -21.1350; 55.6256
CountryFrance
Overseas region and departmentRéunion
ArrondissementSaint-Benoît
CantonSaint-Benoît-1
IntercommunalityRéunion Est
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Johnny Payet[1]
Area
1
83.19 km2 (32.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
6,821
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+04:00
INSEE/Postal code
97406 /97431
Elevation720–2,402 m (2,362–7,881 ft)
(avg. 1,008 m or 3,307 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Plaine-des-Palmistes (French pronunciation: [la plɛn de palmist]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.