La Possession
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| region | Reunion |
| Department | Reunion |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Paul |
| Canton | La Possession |
| Community association | Territoire de la Cote Ouest |
| Coordinates | 20 ° 56 ′ S , 55 ° 20 ′ E |
| height | 0-2,940 m |
| surface | 118.35 km 2 |
| Residents | 33,020 (January 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 279 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Post Code | 97419 |
| INSEE code | 97408 |
La Possession is a French commune with 33,020 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is located in the overseas department of Réunion .
geography
The municipality of La Possession borders on:
- Saint-Paul in the south
- Saint-Denis in the north
- Salazie in the east and
- Le Port to the west
The municipality is bounded to the south by the Rivère des Galets river and to the north by the Ravine de la Grande Chaloupe.
Most of the Cirque de Mafate basin belongs to the municipality .
history
Jean Marquet first settled in the area in 1675, and a stream is named after him. In 1699 Texer de Mota, a Portuguese native from India, granted plantation concessions. The Chemin Crémont , the first paved road after the capital Saint-Denis , was built in 1730–1767. In 1797 the Dr Rivière was granted a concession on the Rivière des Galets. In 1833 a chapel was built, which was later replaced by a church. The municipality became a special section of the municipality of Saint-Paul (Réunion) in 1834 . The first motorable road connection to Saint-Denis , La route de la Montagne (mountain road) was built in 1849-1854. In 1860, the La Grande Chaloupe military hospital was built and designated as a quarantine station on the island of Reunion .
In 1872 the population began to demand the establishment of their own municipality, and a petition to this effect was submitted to the regional council in 1881. In 1882 the construction of the coastal railway line Saint-Denis - Saint-Pierre and the seaport of Le Port began . The first steamers docked in the new port of Pointe des Galets in 1886 . The municipality of La Possession was founded in 1890, before the area belonged to the municipality of Saint-Paul. In 1895 part of the parish and the seaport were split off from the Pointe des Galets, where the new Le Port commune was established. The four-lane coastal expressway to Saint-Denis was inaugurated in 1976. In the same year the St. Denis - La Possession railway line was closed.
Sightseeing and tourism
The majority of the municipality is part of the Réunion National Park , whose core is the Mafate basin . Various hiking trails lead into this valley, they start in the districts of 'Dos d'Âne' and 'Rivière des Galets'.
Another hiking trail, the 'Chemin Crémont', leads from La Possession via La Grande Chaloupe to Saint-Denis .
Furthermore, the former, partially restored quarantine station in La Grande Chaloupe can be visited.
Between La Possession and La Grande Chaloupe there is also the last section of the former coastal railway line, which sometimes still runs for tourists on certain occasions. The route mainly leads through a tunnel.
population
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| Residents | 7 626 | 10 112 | 11 002 | 15 614 | 21 904 | 26 242 | 30 167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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education
There are three middle schools ( Collège ) and one high school ( Lycée ):
- Collège Jean Albany , with 1130 students in 2005.
- Collège Texeira da Motta .
- Collège R.Verges , with 740 students in 2005.
- Lycée Moulin Joli , with 1060 students in 2006.
Steam locomotive and rail bus in the Grande Chaloupe station
La Possession and the Port of Reunion
coast
there is fishing
Locomotive tailor from 1878 in La Grande Chaloupe
church
Cirque de Mafate volcanic basin
Hospital in Grande Chaloupe
Hiking in the Mafate Valley
Town twinning
- Port Louis - Mauritius
- Villeneuve-d'Ascq - France
- Antanifotsy - Madagascar
- Foshan - China
- Barakani - Mayotte
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b routes.wikia.com (French)
- ↑ La Possession on the Insee website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
