La Réunion

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La Réunion

by decree of March 23, 1793, during the French Revolution, the National Convention decided to abandon the former name of Île Bourbon and change it to Île de la Réunion. This choice may have been made to commemorate the reunion of the Parisian crowd with the National Guard during the insurrection of August 10, 1792, which preceded the storming of the Tuileries.

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département d'outre-merDOMrégion française d'outre-merROM