- Petite-Île
Communefra
nomcommune=Petite-Île
région=Réunion
département=Réunion | arrondissement= Saint-Pierre
canton=
insee= 97405
cp= 97429
maire=Guito RAMOUNE
mandat= 2008-2014
intercomm= CIVIS
longitude= 55.57
latitude= -21.34
alt moy=
alt mini= 0 m| alt maxi= 1 581 m
hectares= 3 393
km²= 33,93
sans= 10 157
date-sans=1999
dens= 299Petite-Île ("Little Isle" in French) is a commune in the French island and department of
Réunion . The commune is bordered by the communes of Saint-Joseph to the east and Saint-Pierre to the west. The commune gets its name from the uninhabitated islet off its coasts, the only islet off Réunion (there are other rocks off the coast, but they have no vegetation so can't be classed as islets). The commune was established in1935 Economy
The main economy in the commune is
agriculture -based, withcane sugar plantations, along with fruit and vegetable farming.References
Translated parts of the
French Wikipedia article [http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petite-%C3%8Ele&oldid=13082134 Petite-Île] , accessed 11 January 2007.External links
*fr icon [http://petiteile.mobius.re/ Site of the commune de Petite Ile]
*fr icon [http://www.civis.re Site of the CIVIS]
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