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| Le tampon | ||
| French overseas department | Reunion | |
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| Residents | 79.385 (2018) | |
| height | 536 | |
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| Tourist info | (0)262 27 40 00 www.tampontourisme.re | |
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The community Le tampon lies in the southwest and in the interior of the island Reunion.
background
The most likely interpretation of the name "Le Tampon" is the derivation from the Madegasian "Tampona", which means "beautiful view". The place was founded in 1725 and has always been the preferred place of residence of the privileged white upper class because of the healthy mountain air. Until it became independent in 1925, the region was co-administered from Saint-Pierre.
The fourth largest municipality on the island consists of the central town with around 40,000 inhabitants and a further number of scattered settlement-like districts, including the hamlet Bourg Murat with the volcano museum and the volcano observatory of the Piton de la Fournaise and starting point of the Vulkanstrasse.
La Plaine des Cafres
The place has been since 1920 La Plaine des Cafres, eponymous for the central plateau between the extinct volcano to the northwest of the village Piton des Neiges and the active volcano Piton de la Fournaise, also a district of Le Tampon.
The name "La Plaine des Cafres" is derived from the Kaffirs who had fled here as slaves from Africa. After the abolition of slavery they migrated back to the warmer coast and were replaced by the "petit blancs", the whites of the lower class.
The plateau has fertile soils and a cool, humid climate, the green region is more reminiscent of alpine alpine landscapes than the tropics. With numerous cattle, the region is also the center of milk, cheese and butter production on the island. Geraniums were introduced by the researcher Joli Bois Pottier around 1884, and since then the distillation of geranium perfume has been another important branch of the economy, but it is now in decline. Another important branch of the economy is tourism.
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Saint-Pierre | 9 km |
|---|---|
| Saint-Louis | 19 km |
| La Plaine des Palmistes | 26 km |
| Saint-Leu | 40 km |
| Saint Phillipe | 42 km |
| Saint-Benoît | 44 km |
| Saint-Gilles-les-Bains | 57 km |
| Saint-Paul | 62 km |
| Saint-Denis | 88 km |
By plane
The international airport for Réunion is Roland Garros at the capital Saint-Denis in the north of the island. This airport has daily connections to Paris and other places in France via Air France and Air Austral (the airline Réunions).
There are no direct flights from Germany, Austria or Switzerland, the approach is with a change in the region, e.g. on Mauritius possible.
Continue by bus or rental car, there are no rail routes on Réunion.
A another airport the island is the Pierrefonds airport in nearby Saint-Pierre on the southwest coast, from here there are regional connections to Mauritius and Madagascar.
By bus
- Le Tampon is on the bus route H & H1 (Island crossing on the RN3): Saint-Pierre - Tampon - Universite de Tampon - Maison de Vulcan - Plaine des Palmistes - Grand Etang - Saint-Benoît, Total travel time approx. Two hours at € 4.20. At the end stations there is a connection to the bus routes along the coast, so that all other important places on the island can be reached.
The bus routes operates CAR JAUNE, Identification color yellow. The buses run in the morning on weekdays from around 4.30 a.m. (on Sundays and public holidays much later) until around 6 p.m. in the evening, roughly every hour.
In the street
Le Tampon is on the RN3, which runs from coast to coast across the island of Saint-Pierre in the southwest after Saint-Benoît in the northeast of the island. The RN3 has a connection to the coastal road around the island.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- La Maison du Volcan (Volcano museum) (in Bourg-Murat on the RN3). Tel.: 262 (0)262 59 00 26, Fax: 262 (0)262 59 16 71. Open: The until Sun; 9.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.Price: Adult admission: € 7.
- The modern museum in a futuristic glass - steel pyramid was opened in 1992 and is based on a concept by the legendary volcanologist couple Maurice and Katia Krafft. Volcanism is dealt with in general and the special forms on Réunion, descriptive boards and models make visiting the museum interesting even for visitors who do not speak French. The museum is counted among the most interesting on the island.
- Volcano observatory (Site with live webcam to the Piton de la Fournaise volcano)
activities
- Flower Festival La Florilège. In October.
- Notre Dame de la Paix botanical trail
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
Learn
Le Tampon is, after the capital Saint-Denis, the second most important location of the Université de La Réunion:
health
- Clinique Durieu, rue de France, ZAC Paul Badré, 97430 Le Tampon. Tel.: 262 (0)262 59 61 61, Fax: 262 (0)262 91 48 21.
| Brief information | |
| Phone code | 262 and the last 9 place digits |
|---|---|
| Post Code | 97430 |
| Time zone | UTC 4 |
| Emergency police | 17 |
| Emergency cell phone | 112 |
| Ambulance | (0)262 20 20 33 |
| Cyclone warning | (0) 897 65 01 01 |
| Emergency fire service | 18 |
Practical advice
- Tourism office Le Tampon / Plaine des Cafres (Tourism office), 160, Rue Maurice et Katia Krafft, 97418 Plaine des Cafres. Tel.: 262 (0)262 27 40 00, Fax: 262 (0)262 59 22 18. Open: Mon - Sat: 9 a.m. - 12.30 p.m., 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
trips
literature
Web links
- Official site of the city: www.letampon.fr
- Official tourism site for all of Réunion: www.reunion.fr
