Réunion: Flag and Facts
Reunion flies the French tricolor: upright stripes of blue, white, and red, each the same width, with blue next to the pole.
- Official name
- Réunion Island
- Capital
- Saint-Denis
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population
- 69 million (2025)
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Euro
- Area
- 2,511 km² (970 sq mi)
- People
- Réunionese
- Calling code
- +262
- Highest point
- Mont Blanc 4,810
- Independence
- No single official date
- National symbols
- Gallic rooster, fleur-de-lis, Marianne (female personification of the country)
- Borders
- No land borders
- Status
- Territory (not a sovereign country)
About Réunion
This banner, nicknamed le tricolore, goes back to 1790 and the French Revolution. White was the traditional color, and revolutionaries paired it with the blue and red worn by the Paris militia. For its first four years the bands ran in the opposite order, red then white then blue. On Reunion, as elsewhere in France, the Gallic rooster, the fleur-de-lis, and Marianne serve as symbols.
Geographers place Reunion in Eastern Africa, far from Paris. Early in the 21st century it became one of five overseas regions made part of France proper, joining French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Mayotte. The island is mostly rugged mountain country, with a band of fertile lowland along the coast. Saint-Denis is the capital, French is the language, and the euro is the money. It covers 2,511 square kilometers.
Did you know?
- Reunion celebrates the Fete de la Federation every 14 July.
- The anthem sung on Reunion is "La Marseillaise," The Song of Marseille.
- Reunion's fertile land is mostly squeezed into a strip along the coast, below steep peaks.
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Questions about Réunion
Is Reunion part of France?
Yes. Early in the 21st century it became a French region and part of France proper.
What currency is used on Reunion?
The euro.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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