What is the highest city in La Réunion?

Le Tampon, at 1,282 m, ahead of Saint-Leu (1,017 m).

What is the lowest city in La Réunion?

Le Port, at 34 m. 17 cities of La Réunion are measured here.

Where does Le Tampon stand in France?

15 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in La Réunion?

Le Tampon (1,282 m), Saint-Leu (1,017 m), Les Avirons (970 m), Saint-Joseph (974) (963 m), La Possession (855 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in La Réunion

Le Tampon is the highest city in La Réunion, at 1,282 m, ahead of Saint-Leu (1,017 m) and Les Avirons (970 m). At the other end, Le Port is the lowest city, at 34 m.

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The 17 cities of La Réunion ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	Le Tampon	1,282 m	82,579
2	Saint-Leu	1,017 m	36,163
3	Les Avirons	970 m	11,536
4	Saint-Joseph (974)	963 m	39,207
5	La Possession	855 m	36,568
6	Saint-Paul	791 m	108,088
7	Saint-Benoît	768 m	38,604
8	Saint-Denis (974)	714 m	155,634
9	Bras-Panon	673 m	13,012
10	Saint-Louis (974)	666 m	54,941
11	Sainte-Marie (974)	619 m	37,093
12	Petite-Île	527 m	13,067
13	Sainte-Suzanne	349 m	25,551
14	L'Étang-Salé	339 m	14,464
15	Saint-Pierre	295 m	85,038
16	Saint-André	173 m	58,885
17	Le Port	34 m	33,969

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

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What is the highest city in La Réunion?: Le Tampon, at 1,282 m, ahead of Saint-Leu (1,017 m).
What is the lowest city in La Réunion?: Le Port, at 34 m. 17 cities of La Réunion are measured here.
Where does Le Tampon stand in France?: 15 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in La Réunion?: Le Tampon (1,282 m), Saint-Leu (1,017 m), Les Avirons (970 m), Saint-Joseph (974) (963 m), La Possession (855 m). The whole table is on this page.