- 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= 32Saint-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 in1897 , 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 thePiton de la Fournaise . On board the ship was some electricity, for which the village of Tremblet would have to wait until1984 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 .
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