The upper left
field of the
shield shows mountains, one of them an erupting volcano, with the
Roman numeral 'MMM' (3000), indicating the approximate height of the
Piton des Neiges, which is 3069 meters.
The upper right field portrays the ship Saint-Alexis, which arrived at the island in 1638.
The three
lilies (a symbol of the
Bourbon dynasty) allude to the historical name of Réunion, Île de Bourbon, a possession of the French monarchy.
The shield in the centre represents the
French tricolour with the initials RF in the middle, for République Française (French Republic).
Logo
The
Regional Council of Réunion uses a logo depicting a stylized representation of the island with the text "Region Reunion". Variants also exist which add the words and "Valorisons nos atouts" (Let's value our strengths) in
French and five coloured squares to represent equality and diversity.[2][3]