Saint Denis (Reunion)

• 1669 : Saint-Denis was founded by the first governor of the island of Bourbon , Etienne Regnault.

XVIII ^century

• 1738 : Saint-Denis became the chief town of the island at the expense of St. Paul under Governor Bertrand-Franois Mah de La Bourdonnais. It then counts 2166 inhabitants.
• 1766 : The royal decree of August 17 divides the island into five districts including Saint-Denis.
• 1777 : The plan of the city grid pattern is established by the knight Banks.
• 1790 : Saint-Denis became a municipality. Jean Baptiste Delestrac became the first mayor of Saint-Denis

XIX ^century

• 8 July 1810 : landed yesterday at the Great Boat, the British took the city, causing the surrender of the island, then called Isle Bonaparte.
• 1855 : Opening of the Museum of Natural History.
• 21 April 1860 : Inauguration of the town hall, built from 1846.
• 1868 : Riots and state of siege in the city for six months.
• 1874 : Construction of bridge over the Barachois will become the favorite place for walking Dionysian.
• 11 February 1882 : delivery of a railway line linking the capital to St. Benedict.

XX ^century

• 28 November 1905 : Inauguration of the Mosque Noor-e-Islam.
• 1910 : Fire High School Reunion, current high school Leconte de Lisle.
• 1911 : creation of the Museum of Fine Arts, now the Muse Lon-Dierx.
• 1946 : creation of departmental archives Reunion
• 5 March 1976 : delivery of the new Coastal Highway which links the town to La Possession.
• 1979 : inauguration of a new city hall.
• 1983 : Saint-Denis totals 109 072 inhabitants.
• 1991 : Events of the Cauldron.

XXI ^century

• 2009 : Opening of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China .

Heraldry and currency

The arms of Saint-Denis and emblazon "Party of 1, azure, a galley of money floating on waves of the moving tip. 2 nd, two golden palm trees set on an island Vert sinister a sustained block of the same, the chief Vert charged with a chain of three volcanoes of money: that the center, surmounted by a cloud and smoke of reds, said chain sustained another string of five mounts vert. " Motto: "omnes angulus Praeter Ridet" ("Between all of this corner of earth smiling at me").

Mayors

Education

Secondary

Colleges

Found in the municipal 13 colleges :

• The College of Easterly.
• College Bois-de-Nfles, which includes 925 students in September 2005.
• College Bourbon, who had 1 091 students in September 2005.
• The college's Cauldron.
• The College of Two Guns, which had 1 007 pupils in September 2005.
• The college -Dodu Juliet , which had 1 223 pupils in September 2005 ,
• The college -Emile Hugot , opened in 1999 , which had 417 pupils in September 2008.
• The college Labourdonnais , which has about 400 students.
• The college Mascarene which has about 535 students
• The College of The Mountain, which had 988 pupils in September 2005.
• The College of Montgaillard.
• College Jules Reydellet, created in 1950 from a primary school.
• The private college Saint-Michel.

High schools

The school of Saint-Denis shortly before 1885.

There are also 9 schools :

• High School multipurpose Bellepierre.
• The high school multi -Georges Brassens , opened in 1990 , and had 1 380 pupils in September 2005.
• The vocational school of the Horizon, which had 893 pupils in September 2005.
• The vocational school -Admiral Lacaze , who had 390 students in September 2005.
• The college versatile Leconte de Lisle , who had 1 516 pupils in September 2005.
• The school Lislet-Geoffroy , who had 1 203 pupils in September 2005.
• The vocational school Julien-de-Rontaunay, which had 880 pupils in September 2005.
• The private school Hive.
• The private school of general and technical Levavasseur.

Higher Education

The town is home to the campus principal of the University of Reunion in the district of Moufia and components thereof in the city center opposite the Cathedral , site of the Institute of Business Administration (IAE) of the island , but also the site of the IUFM beside Bellepierre finally the site of the Technology for ESIDAI. The town also has a IFSI located in the district of Bellepierre and an engineering school, the ESIROI.

Economy

The presenter Australian Jennifer Hawkins in the main shopping street of St. Denis.

Main pole business of the island, Saint-Denis is the seat of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Meeting , the consular chamber which manages the airport Roland Garros , the Port of Pointe des rollers , wearing Craft Saint Gilles and the port of Santa Maria. There are also many seats in the municipal corporations:

• that of the Bank of the Meeting ;
• that of the Regional Fund of Agricultural Credit.
• that of the local branch of BNP Paribas.
• that of the Journal of the island of Reunion , regional daily;
• that of the Daily Reunion , another regional daily;
• that of the local branch of the Postal Bank ;

A cultural center called cluster Ocean is currently being proposed in downtown. The tram-train of the Meeting is expected to pass near before climbing up the mountain via a new bridge over the Rivire Saint-Denis.

Monuments and Sights

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• The Barachois.
• The cathedral.
• The streets of Paris and its notable buildings, including the villa Dramond-Barre , and the House Carrere, imposing Creole.
• The Mosque Noor-e-Islam , most of Reunion and the oldest existing on the ground French ( 1905 ).
• The Museum Dierx Leon , home to a large collection of works by impressionists , donated the collection Ambroise Vollard.
• The Beer House Dodo.
• The Garden State and the Natural History Museum of La Reunion , within it.
• The Written Roche , a top accessible from the Brule.
• Based Recreational Park in Colorado , at The Mountain.
• The House of the First President of the Court of Appeal

Personalities

Sentenced to exile in the meeting , the rai Moroccan Abdelkrim al-Khattabi lived in Saint-Denis a few years after 1926 , starting three years at Castle Morange. Many other people like Lucien Lacaze or Prince Vinh San have lived in Saint-Denis before or after him. Here are those that were born:

XVIII ^century

• Jean-Baptiste Renoyal of Lescouble ( 1 776 - 1838 ), diarist.
• Gideon Francois Bailly Monthion ( 1 776 - 1,850 ), major general whose name appears on the Arch of the Star.

XIX ^century

A statue of Roland Garros in Barachois.

• Augustus Lacaussade ( in 1815 - 1897 ), poet.
• Felix Guyon ( 1 831 - 1920 ), urologist.
• douard Herv ( 1835 - 1 899 ), journalist and academician.
• Dodu Juliet ( in 1848 - 1,909 ), resistant to the war in 1870.
• Ambroise Vollard ( 1866 - 1939 ), art dealer and gallery owner.
• Lucien Gasparin ( 1,868 - 1948 ), politician.
• Marius Leblond ( in 1877 - 1953 ), writer.
• Adolphe Marie Raymond Vergs ( one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two - 1 957 ), mayor of the commune, founder of Evidence.
• Georges Fourcade ( one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four - one thousand nine hundred and sixty-two ), singer and musician.
• Roland Garros ( 1 888 - one thousand nine hundred and eighteen ), aviator.

XX ^century

• Emile Hugot ( 1904 - 1993 ), in the industrial sugar cane.
• Leon de Lepervenche ( 1907 ), politician who was MP.
• Jean-Henri Azema ( one thousand nine hundred and thirteen - 2000 ), poet.
• Jean Albany ( 1917 - 1984 ), poet and painter.
• Raymond Barre, 1924-2007, politician.
• Pierre-Henry Maccioni ( 1948 ), Prefect of Reunion.
• Alain Peters ( 1952 - 1,995 ), musician and poet.
• Laurent Vergs ( 1 955 - 1988 ), politician who was MP.
• Michou ( 1960 ), singer.
• Chantal Dallenbach ( 1962 ), distance runner.
• Daniel Sangouma ( 1965 ), sprinter.
• Grald De Palmas ( 1967 ), singer.
• Pascal Montrouge ( 1966 ), choreographer.
• Willy Grondin ( 1974 ), footballer.
• Manu Payet ( 1975 ), comedian.
• Daniel Narcisse ( 1979 ), handball world.

Twinnings

• Metz ( France )
• Nice ( France )
• Tangier ( Morocco )

References

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