The Reunion island counts to this day 24 towns. Le Tampon (represented in green on the opposite card) with its 18030 hectares, is the one of the more important ones in area after Saint-Paul (24029 hectares) et Saint-Benoît (22962 hectares). The situated town in the arrondissement under the wind, itself floor of 400 to more of 2000 meters of altitude, from which the presence of several micro-climates.

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Residential city to the thousand and a perfumes, the town of Tampon exposes itself under the form of a display of the line of the 400 to the summits of La Plaine des Cafres. City of tourism renowned for his freshness, Le Tampon offers to the numerous residents and estivants to the research of sensations, several possibilities of exceptional walks. This is also a dynamic agricultural town with a very good market gardening and floral production. Besides the agriculture is to the party at the time of events as the parties of the "Florilèges" some town centre or the parties of the
"Miel Vert" to La Plaine desCafres.

Town erected in 1925, Le Tampon counted already in 1926 a little more of 11 000 inhabitants (11421 more precisely). Since, she knows a considerable demographic evolution. With about 13000 residents in 1931, she passes to 21183 in 1961, to 31378 in 1968, to 36 107 in 1975, then to 40545 in 1982, and to 47 593 in 1990, be 288 inhabitants by km² (with the following distribution: 24510 to the center-city, 8017 to Trois-Mares, 6578 to La Plaine des Cafres, 3882 to Pont-d'Yves, 3230 to Bras-Creux and 1376 to Bérive). In 1996, the population is estimated to 53000 persons.

The last census of 1999 reveal an annual growth rate of 26,5‰ between 1990 and 1999. Le Tampon figures among the cities of Reunion island or the growth rate was
the most important one. His current population is exactly of .60701. inhabitants, and a little more each day... be 364 inhabitants by km². Paradoxically, the birthrate of the town remained comparatively stable. This increase of the population of Tampon essentially is had to the arrival again residents, attracted according to the I.N.S.E.E. by the presence of again available lands to reasonable prices and by the proximity of a big activity center. Forget only Le Tampon always had a residential reputation city where it does very good to live there.