Réunion

ரீயூனியன்

France · Formal indenture (1834–1920)

French overseas department. Tamil indentured workers arrived from 1828 under French indenture. INSEE legally prohibited from publishing ethnic data — all Tamil population figures are academic estimates with significant uncertainty.

Population — as cited

Total 876,000; Tamil-origin estimated ~220,000 (academic, HAL)

INSEE 2021 (total département); academic estimate for Tamil-origin · 2021

French law prohibits collection or publication of ethnic statistics.

TLTE never aggregates a "Tamil population" or "Tamil GDP" figure. Numbers are cited verbatim from the named source.

Memory custodians

·Bibliothèque Universitaire de La Réunion (HAL open archive)
·Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (ANOM), Aix-en-Provence — colonial records

Tamil-language press / cultural bodies

· No dedicated Tamil press identified

Outlet names only. Never journalist names. See the Press Freedom Desk for protection rationale.

Relations to other nodes

Tamil Naduindenture route— French indenture from 1828
Mauritiuskindred association— Indian Ocean Commission rim

Anchor citations

Archives nationales d'outre-mer (ANOM) — Engagés indiens seriestlte-cite:ecumene-anom
Archives nationales d'outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence · Government of France
Primary French colonial archive for indentured workers (engagés indiens) to Réunion, Mauritius (French period), Guadeloupe and Martinique. Memory custodian for the French-system Tamil indenture cohort.

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