Saint-Philippe

Communefra
nomcommune=Saint-Philippe


région=Réunion
département=Réunion| arrondissement= Saint-Pierre
canton=
insee= 97417
cp= 97442
maire= Hugues Salvan
mandat= 2001-2007
intercomm= No
longitude= 55.77
latitude= -21.34
alt moy=
alt mini= 0 m
alt maxi=
hectares= 15 394
km²= 153,94
sans= 4 858
date-sans= 1999
dens= 32

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.

Geography

Saint-Philippe is on the highest point on the island. It borders the municipalities of 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.

References

Translated from [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe_%28R%C3%A9union%29 the Saint-Philippe (Reunion) page] on the French Wikipedia.