page_title: Saint-Denis, Réunion
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Saint-Denis, Réunion / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: L'ancien hôtel de ville de Saint-Denis (Réunion, France) et la colonne de la Victoire à proximité. English: The former town hall of Saint-Denis (Réunion, France) and the Victory column near it.
context_page_description: Saint Denis is the préfecture of the French overseas department and region of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the island's northernmost point, close to the mouth of the Rivière Saint-Denis.
  Saint Denis is the most populous commune in the French overseas departments. At the 2016 census, there were 204,304 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Saint Denis, 147,920 of whom lived in the city of Saint-Denis proper and the remainder in the neighbouring communes of Sainte Marie and Sainte Suzanne.
context_section_description: Saint-Denis was founded by Étienne Regnault in 1669 and became the capital of Réunion in 1738.
caption: Saint-Denis's former city hall and the Column of Victory.
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