Agency for the East of Réunion

Saint-André, Saint-Benoît, Bras-Panon, Salazie, La Plaine-des-Palmistes and Sainte-Rose: the green, rainy side of the island, between agriculture, nature and the volcano.

East · CIREST

Agriculture, nature and authentic tourism

The East has 131,262 inhabitants (INSEE, 1 January 2023) across six communes. Saint-André and Saint-Benoît are its main towns; Salazie opens onto one of the island’s cirques, La Plaine-des-Palmistes onto the uplands, and Sainte-Rose onto the lava flows of the Piton de la Fournaise.

Producers, cooperatives, guesthouses, nature activities and local businesses of the East need visibility outside their micro-region. We help them with websites, local SEO, social content and films that show what makes the East different.

  • Branding and packaging for local products
  • Websites and bookings for guesthouses and activities
  • Social media content and short films
  • Local SEO for each commune
  • North3 communes: Saint-Denis, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne
  • East6 communes: Saint-André, Bras-Panon, Saint-Benoît, La Plaine-des-Palmistes, Sainte-Rose, Salazie
  • West5 communes: Le Port, La Possession, Saint-Paul, Les Trois-Bassins, Saint-Leu
  • South10 communes: Saint-Pierre, Le Tampon, Saint-Louis, Saint-Joseph, Petite-Île, L'Entre-Deux, Les Avirons, L'Étang-Salé, Cilaos, Saint-Philippe
Communes: IGN Admin Express (Licence Ouverte).

The communes of the East

The six communes of the CIREST intercommunal authority.

Communes (6)

  • Saint-André (58,885 inhabitants)
  • Saint-Benoît (38,604 inhabitants)
  • Bras-Panon (13,012 inhabitants)
  • Salazie (7,268 inhabitants)
  • La Plaine-des-Palmistes (6,936 inhabitants)
  • Sainte-Rose (6,557 inhabitants)

Population on 1 January 2023: INSEE.

Services for the East

Brand and creative

Ideas that people remember and brands they recognise in a second. We design identities and campaigns that work in a single glance on a phone and on a billboard on the M1.

Social media and content

Every week, the right story for the right feed. We plan, produce and publish content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube, and we answer your community as you would.

Studios

Our production house for film, television and video. We write, shoot and finish commercials, brand films, documentaries and programmes, and we welcome international productions on the island.

Have a project in mind?

A launch, a campaign, a new website, a film to shoot on the island: tell us where you want to go and we will come back to you with a first point of view.