Sainte-Marie | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville DomFr Sainte-Marie (Réunion).svg |
Map: | Locator map of Sainte-Marie 2018.png |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Denis |
Canton: | Sainte-Marie |
Insee: | 97418 |
Postal Code: | 97438 |
Mayor: | Richard Nirlo[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Nord de la Réunion |
Coordinates: | -20.8969°N 55.5492°W |
Elevation M: | 5 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1800 |
Area Km2: | 87.21 |
Sainte-Marie (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the north side of the island of Réunion, just east of, and adjacent to, the capital of Saint-Denis.
Sainte-Marie has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am) closely bordering on a tropical savanna climate (Aw). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie 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 Sainte-Marie was on 28 January 1993; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 25 August 1991.
Reunion's main airport and the Air Austral headquarters are located in Sainte-Marie.[2] [3] [4] There is also a small fishing harbour, a shopping-center and a brewery in the commune.