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ST-PIERRE
POP 79,000
If you need to let off steam before (or after) heading off into the Cirques, you've come to
the right place. St-Pierre pulses with an energy unknown elsewhere on the island, espe-
cially at weekends. Havana it ain't, but this vibrant, feisty, good-natured city knows what
really counts in life: having a good time.
If St-Denis is Réunion's administrative and business capital, enchanting St-Pierre is its
throbbing heart. Basking in the clear light of the southwest, the 'capital of the south' has an
entirely different feel from its northern counterparts. It remains unmistakably more Creole
than cosmopolitan and rather staid St-Denis.
Compact, colourful St-Pierre is easily seen in a day on foot.
