La Reunion

Bienvenue au paradis - Welcome to paradise!

A map of Île de la Réunion. The island is one of the most far off oversea departements of France (and territories of EU in general) located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean and neighbour to another well known travel destination named Mauritius.

It's a volcanic island and one of these volcanoes (Piton de la Fournaise) in the east of the island is still active once a year -- not blowing the gasket as much as creating a steady lava-flow right into the ocean for a while, sometimes covering a coastal highway. Visually it's a tropical dream destination with vast, mostly dark grey beaches and dense jungle valleys on one side versus volcanic plains and peaks of up to 3070m (Piton des Neiges) on the other side. Temperatures in the main season range from about 30 °C on the coast and single digit values on the upper plains and peaks. Culturally it's a melting pot between the French settlers, who arrived on the uninhabitated island around the 17th century) and African and Indian slaves -- which were finally and righteously made citiziens in the 1850s -- and later also Chinese work immigrants. The descendatns of all these are considered part of the créole today (look up 'Réunion Métissage' to learn more about the incredible community that was created there over time!)

Scale is about 1/3 of the original size as far as I can remember - the heightmap was originally created for TF2 in February, so it's been a while ... Placement of cities is oriented on today's situation, industries are pure fiction. The map is based on COP30 elevation data which is the best possible resolution (30m) I have access to and are allowed to use for this region.

There is another mod by KnarD1 which adds local names for La Réunion ("Noms de L'Île de La Réunion"; ID 6417463). Might be a good option for more immersive bus stop and citizien names.

Facts: 

• The map size is 'Megalomaniac 1:1' (24km x 24km) and requires enabling the experimental map sizes either per mod or manually.
• No other requirements!
• No dependencies, no Mods!
• No Preorder or Deluxe packs!

Background image credits (left to right):

• Chen Edison@pexels
• ocebenphoto@Pixabay
• Erelsa@Pixabay

Elevation data citation note: © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. European Space Agency (2024). Copernicus Global Digital Elevation Model. Distributed by OpenTopography. DOI. Accessed 2026-02-08. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30

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