Petite-Île

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Petite-Île

|commune status = Commune

|map = Locator map of Petite-Île 2018.png

|image = Reunion PetiteIle 2.JPG

|caption = The coastline of Petite-Île

|image coat of arms = Blason ville Fr Petite-Ile (Réunion).svg

|arrondissement = Saint-Pierre

|canton = Saint-Pierre-3

|INSEE = 97405

|postal code = 97429

|mayor = Serge Hoareau{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=French}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Villes solidaires

|coordinates = {{coord|-21.3558|55.5658|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 307

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 1581

|area km2 = 33.93

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Petite-Île ({{IPA|fr|pətit il|audio|LL-Q150 (fra)-Noaius Paticus-Petite-Île.wav}}, literally Little Isle) is a commune on 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 uninhabited islet off of its coast, the only such islet near Réunion that has vegetation. The commune was established in 1935.

Geography

=Climate=

Petite-Île has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The average annual temperature in Petite-Île is {{cvt|24.3|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1458.6|mm}} with February as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around {{cvt|27.4|C}}, and lowest in July, at around {{convert|21.0|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Petite-Île was {{cvt|36.6|C}} on 21 January 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-5.9|C}} on 2 August 2001.

{{Weather box

|location = Petite-Île (1991–2020 averages, extremes 2000−present)

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 36.6

|Feb record high C = 36.0

|Mar record high C = 35.4

|Apr record high C = 34.5

|May record high C = 33.1

|Jun record high C = 30.7

|Jul record high C = 31.7

|Aug record high C = 29.5

|Sep record high C = 30.7

|Oct record high C = 31.8

|Nov record high C = 33.4

|Dec record high C = 35.6

|year record high C = 36.6

|Jan high C = 31.5

|Feb high C = 31.3

|Mar high C = 30.7

|Apr high C = 29.3

|May high C = 27.4

|Jun high C = 25.3

|Jul high C = 24.4

|Aug high C = 24.7

|Sep high C = 25.7

|Oct high C = 27.4

|Nov high C = 29.2

|Dec high C = 30.9

|year high C = 28.1

|Jan mean C = 27.4

|Feb mean C = 27.3

|Mar mean C = 26.9

|Apr mean C = 25.6

|May mean C = 23.9

|Jun mean C = 22.0

|Jul mean C = 21.0

|Aug mean C = 21.1

|Sep mean C = 21.9

|Oct mean C = 23.3

|Nov mean C = 24.9

|Dec mean C = 26.6

|year mean C = 24.3

|Jan low C = 23.3

|Feb low C = 23.4

|Mar low C = 23.0

|Apr low C = 21.9

|May low C = 20.3

|Jun low C = 18.6

|Jul low C = 17.7

|Aug low C = 17.6

|Sep low C = 18.0

|Oct low C = 19.2

|Nov low C = 20.6

|Dec low C = 22.4

|year low C = 20.5

|Jan record low C = 19.7

|Feb record low C = 19.9

|Mar record low C = 19.7

|Apr record low C = 18.6

|May record low C = 16.0

|Jun record low C = 14.6

|Jul record low C = 15.1

|Aug record low C = 13.6

|Sep record low C = 14.7

|Oct record low C = 14.9

|Nov record low C = 16.5

|Dec record low C = 19.0

|year record low C = 13.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 163.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 187.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 197.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 182.0

|May precipitation mm = 138.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 118.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 135.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 72.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 64.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 51.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 57.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 90.7

|year precipitation mm = 1458.6

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 9.5

|Feb precipitation days = 11.6

|Mar precipitation days = 12.2

|Apr precipitation days = 10.9

|May precipitation days = 11.2

|Jun precipitation days = 12.7

|Jul precipitation days = 13.3

|Aug precipitation days = 9.3

|Sep precipitation days = 6.5

|Oct precipitation days = 5.6

|Nov precipitation days = 4.5

|Dec precipitation days = 6.2

|year precipitation days = 113.4

|source 1 = Météo France{{cite web

| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_97405480.pdf

| title=Climate of Petite-Île 1991-2020

| language = fr

| publisher = Météo-France

| access-date = September 1, 2022}}}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-97405#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|graph-pos = right

|1967 |7951

|1974 |7961

|1982 |7834

|1990 |8852

|1999 |10151

|2007 |11672

|2012 |11564

|2017 |12162

}}

Economy

The main economy in the commune is agriculture-based, with cane sugar plantations, along with fruit and vegetable farming.

References

External links

[http://www.petite-ile.re/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
[http://www.civis.re Site of the CIVIS] {{in lang|fr}}

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