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Réunion

Réunion is in Eastern Africa. It is not a member state of the United Nations. It is listed here because it has its own country code. Its official name is Réunion Island. In the language of the place it is called La Réunion. The capital is Saint-Denis.

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Key facts

Capital
Saint-Denis
Region
Africa, Eastern Africa
Population
776,948
Area
2,517 km²
Currency
euro (EUR)
Languages
French
Calling code
+262
Internet domain
.re
ISO codes
RE, REU, 638
Time zone
UTC+4:00
United Nations
Not a member
Postal code pattern
##### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Réunion covers about 2,517 square kilometres. By area it ranks 182nd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Luxembourg and a little larger than Comoros. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 21° south, 56° east, in the southern hemisphere.

People

About 776,948 people live in Réunion (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 167th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 309 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: French. A person from Réunion is called Réunionese.

Money and economy

The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more.

Time

Réunion uses one time zone, UTC+4:00 (Indian/Reunion). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

CityPeople
Saint-Denis154,765
Saint-Paul105,240
Saint-Pierre84,077
Le Tampon81,943
Saint-André57,150
Saint-Louis53,935

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Eastern Africa

British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.