Les Avirons | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville DomFr Les Avirons (La Réunion).svg |
Map: | Locator map of Les Avirons 2018.png |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Pierre |
Canton: | L'Étang-Salé |
Insee: | 97401 |
Postal Code: | 97425 |
Mayor: | Eric Ferrere[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Villes solidaires |
Coordinates: | -21.2419°N 55.3333°W |
Elevation M: | 268 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 2565 |
Area Km2: | 26.27 |
Les Avirons (pronounced as /fr/, meaning "the oars" in French), is a commune in the Réunion overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean. It borders the communes of Saint-Leu, Cilaos, Saint-Louis and L'Étang-Salé, and 150 metres of coastline.
Les Avirons has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Les Avirons is . The average annual rainfall is with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around, and lowest in July, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Avirons was on 22 January 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 1 August 2003.