Bras-Panon | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Ville Fr Bras-Panon (Réunion).svg |
Map: | Locator map of Bras-Panon 2018.png |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Benoît |
Canton: | Saint-André-3 |
Insee: | 97402 |
Postal Code: | 97412 |
Mayor: | Jeannick Atchapa[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Réunion Est |
Coordinates: | -20.9953°N 55.6761°W |
Elevation M: | 52 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 2092 |
Area Km2: | 88.55 |
Bras-Panon (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion, which is an overseas department and region of France. Bras-Panon borders the communes of Saint-André, Saint-Benoît and Salazie; as well as the Mât river, the Rivière des Roches and the Indian Ocean.
The commune is a large producer of vanilla, and holds the largest Agricultural Show on the island, every May.
Bras-Panon has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Bras-Panon is . The average annual rainfall is with February as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around, and lowest in August, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bras-Panon was on 13 February 2018; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 July 2005.