Saint-Paul, Réunion, France

History | Transport

🇫🇷 🇫🇷 Saint-Paul is the second-largest commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the extreme west side of the island of Réunion.

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History Saint-Paul was the capital of the island from its settlement in the early 16th century, until Saint-Denis took over that role in 1738.

The Hôtel de Ville dates from about 1740.

Until 1999, near Saint Paul there was the 428-metre (1,404 ft) tall mast OMEGA Chabrier transmitter.

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Transport Saint-Paul was to be the western terminus of the proposed Réunion Tram Train. However, the project was abandoned in May 2010 due to a lack of funds.

The traditional grave of French pirate Olivier Levasseur, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth"), who was most famous for allegedly hiding one of the biggest treasures in pirate history, estimated at over £1 billion, is located in Saint-Paul's Cimetière marin de Saint-Paul cemetery. Besides pirates, the cemetery also serves as the permanent resting place of poets Leconte de Lisle and Eugène Dayot, as well as the painter Arthur Grimaud.

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Saint-Paul has a population of over 103,492 people. Saint-Paul also forms the centre of the wider Saint-Paul Arrondissement which has a population of over 214,073 people. For the location of Saint-Paul see: Saint-Paul.

To set up a UBI Lab for Saint-Paul see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

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Antipodal to Saint-Paul is: -124.721,21

Locations Near: Saint-Paul 55.2793,-20.9997

🇫🇷 Saint-Paul 55.27,-21.01 d: 1.5  

🇫🇷 Saint-Denis 55.457,-20.867 d: 23.6  

🇫🇷 Réunion 55.532,-21.133 d: 30.2  

🇫🇷 Le Tampon 55.515,-21.278 d: 39.5  

🇫🇷 Saint-Pierre 55.478,-21.342 d: 43.3  

🇫🇷 Saint-Benoît 55.713,-21.034 d: 45.2  

🇲🇺 Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill 57.467,-20.233 d: 243.1  

🇲🇺 Quatre Bornes 57.479,-20.266 d: 243  

🇲🇺 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 57.471,-20.235 d: 243.4  

🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 243.1  

Antipodal to: Saint-Paul -124.721,21

🇲🇽 San Quintín -115.933,30.55 d: 18637.2  

🇲🇽 Ensenada -116.6,31.85 d: 18563.9  

🇲🇽 Ciudad Constitución -111.68,25.048 d: 18607.5  

🇲🇽 Rosarito -117.05,32.333 d: 18543.5  

🇲🇽 Rosarito Beach -117.05,32.333 d: 18543.5  

🇲🇽 Tijuana -117.018,32.533 d: 18523.2  

🇺🇸 Chula Vista -117.084,32.64 d: 18516.4  

🇺🇸 San Diego -117.15,32.7 d: 18514.1  

🇺🇸 La Mesa -117.023,32.766 d: 18501.5  

🇲🇽 Tecate -116.633,32.567 d: 18500.2  

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