Bras-Panon
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Commune of Bras-Panon |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Réunion |
| Department | Réunion |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Benoît |
| Intercommunality | CIREST |
| Mayor | Daniel Gonthier (2001-2007) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0 m–2 092m |
| Land area¹ | 88,55 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
9 671 |
| - Density | 109/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 97402/ 97412 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Bras-Panon is a commune in the department and region of Réunion. It 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 vanilla trade fair on the island, every May.
It had a population of 3,506 in 1950. (source=Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer)
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