Réunion (,; previously "Île Bourbon") is a French island with a population of 844,994 inhabitants (as of January 2014) located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about southwest of Mauritius, the nearest island.
Réunion (,; previously "Île Bourbon") is a French island with a population of 844,994 inhabitants (as of January 2014) located in the Indian Ocean about southwest of Mauritius. This was east of Madagascar. Mauritius was the nearest island.