L'Étang-Salé | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville DomFr Étang-Salé (Réunion).svg |
Map: | Locator map of L’Étang-Salé 2018.png |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Pierre |
Canton: | L'Étang-Salé |
Insee: | 97404 |
Postal Code: | 97427 |
Mayor: | Mathieu Hoarau[1] |
Term: | 2022 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Villes solidaires |
Coordinates: | -21.2661°N 55.3669°W |
Elevation M: | 31 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1781 |
Area Km2: | 38.65 |
L'Étang-Salé (pronounced as /fr/; French for The Salty Pond) is a commune in the department and region of Réunion. It is bordered by the communes of Les Avirons and Saint-Louis. Within the commune is the Étang-Salé forest. There is also a beach with black sand in the commune that is a popular surfing spot.
L'Étang-Salé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) closely bordering on a hot semi-arid climate (BSh). The average annual temperature in L'Étang-Salé 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 July, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in L'Étang-Salé was on 13 March 2004; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 15 August 1992.