Cilaos

commune in La Réunion, France
Place commune_of_france Q1014746
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Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Réunion[1], arrondissement of Saint-Pierre[2]
  • Country: France[3]
  • Capital: Cilaos[4]
  • Shares border with: Les Avirons[5], Entre-Deux[6], Saint-Benoît[7], Saint-Leu[8], Saint-Louis[9], Saint-Paul[10], Salazie[11], Les Trois-Bassins[12], La Possession[13]
  • Named after: Cilaos[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[15]
  • Postal code: 97413[16]
  • Highest point: Piton des Neiges[17]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Cirque de Cilaos[18]
  • Official website: https://ville-cilaos.fr/[19]
  • Population: 5386[20], 5350[21], 5456[22], 5492[23], 5403[24], 5856[25], 6115[26], 5838[27], 5623[28], 5538[29], 5568[30], 5390[31], 5215[32], 5040[33]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Cilaos[34]
  • Phone number: +33-2-62-31-89-89[35]
  • Official name: Cilaos[36]
  • Female population: 2690[37]
  • Male population: 2766[38]
  • Demonym: Cilaosien[39]
  • Different from: Cilaos[40]
  • Area: 84.4 km²[41]
  • Fax number: +33-2-62-31-73-03[42]
  • Coextensive with: Cirque de Cilaos[43]
  • Associated electoral district: canton of Saint-Louis-2[44]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Wikidata item[45]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Cilaos include Cirque de Cilaos[46], a cirque[47], in France[48].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Cilaos include Cirque de Cilaos[46], a cirque[47], in France[48].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [16] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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