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L'Étang-Salé
L'Étang-Salé
Commune
	Beach of L'Étang-Salé
	Coat of arms
	Location of L'Étang-Salé
	Coordinates: 21°15′58″S 55°22′01″E / 21.2661°S 55.3669°E
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Réunion
Arrondissement	Saint-Pierre
Canton	L'Étang-Salé
Intercommunality	Villes solidaires
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Mathieu Hoarau
Area 1	38.65 km2 (14.92 sq mi)
Population (2021)	13,836
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+04:00
INSEE/Postal code	97404 /97427
Elevation	0–1,781 m (0–5,843 ft) ; (avg. 31 m or 102 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Étang-Salé (French pronunciation: [letɑ̃ sale]; French for The Salty Pond) is a commune in the department and region of Réunion. It is bordered by the communes of Les Avirons and Saint-Louis. Within the commune is the Étang-Salé forest. There is also a beach with black sand in the commune that is a popular surfing spot.

Geography

Climate

L'Étang-Salé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) closely bordering on a hot semi-arid climate (BSh). The average annual temperature in L'Étang-Salé is 23.6 °C (74.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 619.5 mm (24.39 in) with February as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.1 °C (80.8 °F), and lowest in July, at around 20.1 °C (68.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in L'Étang-Salé was 36.4 °C (97.5 °F) on 13 March 2004; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 8.0 °C (46.4 °F) on 15 August 1992.

Climate data for L'Étang-Salé (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1961−2008)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	36.2 (97.2)	36.2 (97.2)	36.4 (97.5)	34.1 (93.4)	33.0 (91.4)	31.2 (88.2)	29.8 (85.6)	30.1 (86.2)	31.0 (87.8)	32.5 (90.5)	33.9 (93.0)	35.3 (95.5)	36.4 (97.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.1 (89.8)	32.0 (89.6)	31.6 (88.9)	30.5 (86.9)	28.6 (83.5)	26.8 (80.2)	26.0 (78.8)	26.3 (79.3)	26.9 (80.4)	28.2 (82.8)	29.6 (85.3)	31.0 (87.8)	29.1 (84.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.9 (80.4)	27.1 (80.8)	26.4 (79.5)	25.2 (77.4)	23.1 (73.6)	21.1 (70.0)	20.1 (68.2)	20.3 (68.5)	20.9 (69.6)	22.3 (72.1)	23.9 (75.0)	25.7 (78.3)	23.6 (74.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.7 (71.1)	22.3 (72.1)	21.2 (70.2)	19.9 (67.8)	17.5 (63.5)	15.5 (59.9)	14.2 (57.6)	14.1 (57.4)	14.9 (58.8)	16.3 (61.3)	18.1 (64.6)	20.4 (68.7)	18.0 (64.4)
Record low °C (°F)	16.0 (60.8)	15.5 (59.9)	15.1 (59.2)	14.1 (57.4)	10.0 (50.0)	8.8 (47.8)	9.1 (48.4)	8.0 (46.4)	9.9 (49.8)	11.0 (51.8)	12.3 (54.1)	13.8 (56.8)	8.0 (46.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	93.0 (3.66)	108.2 (4.26)	90.2 (3.55)	69.3 (2.73)	41.6 (1.64)	40.7 (1.60)	37.2 (1.46)	20.8 (0.82)	18.7 (0.74)	20.8 (0.82)	25.1 (0.99)	53.9 (2.12)	619.5 (24.39)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	5.7	7.1	6.1	5.5	4.4	4.7	3.5	2.9	2.4	2.1	2.0	4.4	50.8
Source: Météo-France^[3]