What is the youngest city in La Réunion?

Saint-André, at 35.5 years, ahead of La Possession (35.5 years).

What is the oldest city in La Réunion?

Petite-Île, at 41.0 years. 17 cities of La Réunion are measured here.

Where does Saint-André stand in France?

45 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in La Réunion?

Saint-André (35.5 years), La Possession (35.5 years), Sainte-Suzanne (36.4 years), Saint-Benoît (36.5 years), Sainte-Marie (974) (36.5 years). The whole table is on this page.

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The youngest cities in La Réunion

Saint-André is the youngest city in La Réunion, at 35.5 years, ahead of La Possession (35.5 years) and Sainte-Suzanne (36.4 years). At the other end, Petite-Île is the oldest city, at 41.0 years.

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The 17 cities of La Réunion ranked on mean age
Rank	City	Mean age	Population
1	Saint-André	35.5 years	58,885
2	La Possession	35.5 years	36,568
3	Sainte-Suzanne	36.4 years	25,551
4	Saint-Benoît	36.5 years	38,604
5	Sainte-Marie (974)	36.5 years	37,093
6	Saint-Louis (974)	36.6 years	54,941
7	Le Port	37.3 years	33,969
8	Le Tampon	37.9 years	82,579
9	Bras-Panon	37.9 years	13,012
10	Saint-Denis (974)	38.0 years	155,634
11	Saint-Pierre	38.3 years	85,038
12	Saint-Leu	38.7 years	36,163
13	Les Avirons	39.1 years	11,536
14	Saint-Paul	39.4 years	108,088
15	L'Étang-Salé	39.6 years	14,464
16	Saint-Joseph (974)	39.8 years	39,207
17	Petite-Île	41.0 years	13,067

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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 youngest city in La Réunion?: Saint-André, at 35.5 years, ahead of La Possession (35.5 years).
What is the oldest city in La Réunion?: Petite-Île, at 41.0 years. 17 cities of La Réunion are measured here.
Where does Saint-André stand in France?: 45 of the 1,102 French cities measured on mean age. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in La Réunion?: Saint-André (35.5 years), La Possession (35.5 years), Sainte-Suzanne (36.4 years), Saint-Benoît (36.5 years), Sainte-Marie (974) (36.5 years). The whole table is on this page.