Réunion is a French island. It support the population of around 800,000 people located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. They are located about 200 km south-west of the nearest island Mauritius.
One of the overseas départements of France is Réunion. The island is one of the 27 regions of France, being an overseas region. It is an integral share of the Republic with the same class as those situated on the European major land.
The outermost region of the European Union is Réunion. It is an overseas department of France and part of the Eurozone.
The recorded history of Réunion, before the coming of the Portuguese in the sixteenth century, was a slim. The Portuguese explorer Don Pedro Mascarenhas was first European who discovered this area. He gave his name to the island, spreads near to Réunion, the Mascarenes Island.
Réunion was occupied by France and also administered from Port Louis. Santa Apolonia was officially insisted by Jacques Pronis in 1642. He deported a several French mutineers from Madagascar to the island. A few years later the convicts were returned to France. The island was named Île Bourbon in 1649. In 1665 Colonization was started. Then the French East India Company sent the first several settlers.
The island was renamed “Île Bonaparte,” in 1801, after Napoleon Bonaparte. Réunion was invaded by a Royal Navy squadron in 1810. During the French Revolution of 1848, Réunion was binging again the name.
