• The Pointe des Galets is a cape in the northwest of the island of Réunion, heading on the Indian Ocean. It is now entirely occupied by the town centre...
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    the new Pointe des Galets harbour. 1890 saw the creation of the La Possession commune. In 1895 part of the territory at the Pointe des Galets was split...
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    the railroad and the construction of the artificial harbor of the Pointe des Galets. These major construction projects offered a welcome alternative for...
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    soldier. Together, the family sailed on La Peyrouse to the port of Pointe des Galets, a site twenty kilometers (12.5 miles) from the capital of St. Denis...
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    length of 7 km. There are two major ports in Réunion: Le Port and Pointe des Galets. There are six marinas. Réunion possesses a merchant marine of one...
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    forces landed at Saint-Denis; action also took place at Le Port and Pointe des Galets. Belligerents Free France Vichy France Commanders and leaders Jules...
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    La Peyrouse and left for Réunion to live in exile. They arrived in Pointe des Galets where they were met by an angry crowd. They were taken from the port...
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    ship to Réunion, where they lived in exile. The party arrived in Pointe des Galets and were taken to Saint-Denis. They took up residence in the Hotel...
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    Ouest-Insulaire in the Ouest and includes the communes of Anse-à-Galets and Pointe-à-Raquette. La Gonâve or Gonave is a francized form of Guanabo, the...
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    intensity. There was some beach erosion along western-facing beaches, and Pointe des Galets sustained damage to coastal properties. However, any major damage...
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  • Ismail. In 1876, he obtained a concession to work on the port of Pointe des Galets in Réunion and to build a railroad linking the port to the interior...
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    of the North Shore, April 2023. Les Galets historic site on the sea shore Original fishermen huts (magasins du Galet), Little Natasquan River At the beginning...
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  • Anne-Sophie Endeler Personal information Nationality French Born (1984-05-05) 5 May 1984 (age 40) Pointe des Galets, Réunion Sport Sport Gymnastics...
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  • Croix-des-Bouquets (/ˌkrwɑː deɪ buːˈkeɪ, -bʊ-/,[citation needed] French pronunciation: [kʁwa de bukɛ]; Haitian Creole: Kwadèbouke or Kwadèboukè) is a...
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    War II Hugot was mobilized as the artillery battery commander at Pointe des Galets fighting on the side of Vichy France. He was wounded in the Battle...
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  • Fonds-des-Nègres (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃ de nɛɡʁ]; Haitian Creole: Fondènèg) is a commune in the Miragoâne Arrondissement, in the Nippes department...
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    in turn depends on the diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre ( diocèse de Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre) whose see is located in the cathedral of...
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    Lalpoora, located at Pointe des Galets. After brief stops in Saint-Joseph and St. Pierre, the troops were transported to Pointe des Galets by train. The Lalpoora...
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    any sign they had been sighted from the shore, at the Pointe des Galets. The Pointe des Galets was 7 miles (11 km) north of Saint-Paul, the distance allowing...
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    Paul Vergès, Maud Fontenoy and Patrick Poivre d'Arvor at Port de la Pointe des Galets, 15 October 2006....
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    Réunion, Firinga produced a minimum pressure of 962 mbar (28.4 inHg) at Pointe des Galets. Sustained winds throughout the island reached at least 130 km/h (81 mph)...
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  • Pointe-à-Raquette (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t a ʁakɛt]; Haitian Creole: Pwentarakèt) is a commune in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department...
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    current[when?] mayor of the city of Anse-a-Galets is Ernso Louissaint.[citation needed] The commune is served by Anse-à-Galets Airport and a public wharf. The public...
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    Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement Croix-des-Bouquets Cornillon Fonds-Verrettes Ganthier Thomazeau La Gonâve Arrondissement Anse-à-Galets Pointe-à-Raquette...
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    L'Espoir next conducted an Indian Ocean cruise in which she called at Pointe des Galets on Réunion from 26 to 29 April 1941 before proceeding to Mauritius...
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    Réunion. The two vessels departed Tamatave on 1 February and arrived at Pointe des Galets on Réunion on 4 February 1942. After Amiral Pierre unloaded her cargo...
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    served as a hideout for pirates attacking Spanish overseas territories. Les Galets was a place of exile for the criminals of Grand-Terre and for some nobles...
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    Les Cayes (redirect from La Ville Des Cayes)
    cave in Camp-Perrin, Pointe-de-Sable beach in Port-Salut, Marie-Jeanne cave in Port-a-Piment and Arrondissement Aquin where Fort des Oliviers, Fort Anglais...
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    the western coast of Basse-Terre Island. It lies between the communes of Pointe-Noire to the north, Vieux-Habitants to the south, and Petit-Bourg to the...
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    Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement Cornillon Croix-des-Bouquets Fonds-Verrettes Ganthier Thomazeau La Gonâve Arrondissement Anse-à-Galets Pointe-à-Raquette...
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