Sainte-Suzanne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Map: | Locator map of Sainte-Suzanne 2018.png |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Denis |
Canton: | Saint-André-1 |
Insee: | 97420 |
Postal Code: | 97441 |
Mayor: | Maurice Gironcel[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Nord de la Réunion |
Coordinates: | -20.9056°N 55.6072°W |
Elevation M: | 5 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1449 |
Area Km2: | 58.84 |
Sainte-Suzanne (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune on the north coast of the French island and department of Réunion, an island located approximately 950 km (590 mi) east of the island of Madagascar.
Sainte-Suzanne is bordered by the communes of Saint-André, Sainte-Marie and Salazie. The course of the Saint-Jean River denoted the border between Saint-André and Saint-Suzanne. Quartier-Français is a village in this commune.
Sainte-Suzanne has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) closely bordering on a tropical rainforest climate (Af). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Suzanne is . The average annual rainfall is with January 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 Sainte-Suzanne was on 7 March 2018; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 July 2005.
The town, along with Saint-Denis, was founded in 1667 by Étienne Regnault, the first governor of the island.
The following people were natives of Sainte-Suzanne: