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Saint Peter Port
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Location of Saint Peter Port in Guernsey
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Location of Saint Peter Port in Guernsey
IslandGuernsey, Channel Islands
Area6.5 km²
Population16,488
- density2536.6/km²
Electoral districtDivided into St. Peter Port North and St. Peter Port South
St Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, as well as the main port of the island. Population was 16,488 in 2001. In Guernesiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from Saint Pierre Du Bois.

As well as being a parish, St Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes.

The post code for addresses in this parish starts with GY1.

People from St Peter Port, were nicknamed "les Villais" (the townspeople) or "cllichards" in Guernésiais.

Geography

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View of St Peter Port from the South.
St Peter Port is located on the East coast of Guernsey. It borders St Sampson's in the North, The Vale in the North-West, St Andrew's in the West and St Martin's in the South.

Relief

The land in the North and by the harbour is low lying but in the South, the land gets much higher (but not as high as St Martin's or the Forest). This means that there are quite a few cliffs on the coast between Havelet and Fermain.

Features

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The Town Church-St Peter Port.
The features of the town include:

Main roads

The following main roads (listed from North-South) provide important links between St Peter Port and the other parishes:
  • Les Banques (leads up the coast to St Sampson's and the North of the Island)
  • Rue Des Varendes (leads to the parish of Castel)
  • Mount Row (leads to St Andrew's and the West of the Island)
  • Ruette Brayes (leads to St Martin's and the South of the Island)
  • Fort Road (leads to St Martin's)
The following coastal roads (listed from North-South) are also very important as they provide access to the shops, carparks and the harbour:
  • St George's Esplanade
  • North Esplanade
  • South Esplanade
  • Mount Durand

Car parks

The following are major car parks of St.Peter Port, listed from north to south:
  • Salarie Corner
  • North Beach
  • Albert Pier
  • Model Yacht Pond
  •  • [ e] Parishes in Guernsey
St Andrew's | Castel | Forest | St Martin's | St Peter's | St Peter Port | St Sampson's | St Saviour's | Torteval | Vale


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Anthem
"God Save the Queen" (official)
"Sarnia Cherie" (official for occasions when distinguishing anthem required)


Capital St Peter Port

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Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche, French: Îles Anglo-Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy, but dependent on the British Crown.
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A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. It can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves.
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St. Peter Port North is an electoral district in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It was created following the Machinery of Government changes which came into effect in 2004.

It consists of the northern part of the parish of St. Peter Port. It is divided from St.
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St. Peter Port South is an electoral district in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It was created following the Machinery of Government changes which came into effect in 2004.

It consists of the southern part of the parish of St. Peter Port. It is divided from St.
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Anthem
"God Save the Queen" (official)
"Sarnia Cherie" (official for occasions when distinguishing anthem required)


Capital St Peter Port

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Guernésiais, also known as Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island, by the semi-disparaging name "patois".
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A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. It is used by some Christian churches, usually liturgical churches, and also by the civil government in a number of countries (see civil parish).

Etymology

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St Peter's (Guernésiais: Saint Pierre), known officially as Saint Pierre Du Bois (English: "St. Peter in the wood") is a parish in Guernsey. It is the centre for the Guernsey Western Parishes which includes Torteval, St Saviour's and the Forest.
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Guernésiais, also known as Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island, by the semi-disparaging name "patois".
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Anthem
"God Save the Queen" (official)
"Sarnia Cherie" (official for occasions when distinguishing anthem required)


Capital St Peter Port

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St Sampson's (Guernésiais: Saint Samsaon; French: Saint Sampson), is one of the parishes of Guernsey, Channel Islands.

The Guernésiais nickname for people from St Sampson was roînes (frogs).
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Vale (Guernésiais: Lé Vale; French: Le Valle) is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey.

Until 1806 the parish occupied territory on the mainland of Guernsey as well as the whole of Le Clos du Valle, a tidal island forming the northern extremity of Guernsey
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St Andrew's (Guernésiais: Saint Andri; French: Saint-André-de-la-Pommeraye) is located in the centre of Guernsey and as such is the only parish to be landlocked, having no coastline to call its own.
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Saint Martin's (Guernésiais and French Saint Martin; historically Saint-Martin-de-la-Bellouse) is a parish in Guernsey, Channel Islands. The islands lie in the Channel between Great Britain and France.
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Saint Martin's (Guernésiais and French Saint Martin; historically Saint-Martin-de-la-Bellouse) is a parish in Guernsey, Channel Islands. The islands lie in the Channel between Great Britain and France.
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The Forest (Guernésiais: La Fouarêt, French La Forêt) is a parish in Guernsey. It is the highest parish on the island, with altitudes of up to about 100 m.

The old Guernésiais nickname for people from La Fouarêt was bourdaons.
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A bailiwick is the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff. The term was also applied to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a Crown grant.
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Ville de Paris

City flag City coat of arms

Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur
(Latin: "Tossed by the waves, she does not sink")

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro.
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St Peter Port Harbour is located in St Peter Port. It was a natural anchorage used by the Romans but it is now Guernsey's main port for passengers. However, a lot of cargo is shipped from St Sampson's harbour. Castle Cornet is on one of the breakwaters.
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Castle Cornet is a huge castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, which is now part of one of the breakwaters of St Peter Port's harbour, the main one in the island.

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tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands many of them have been sites of religious worship, such as Mont Saint Michel
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Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defense or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.

Purposes of breakwaters

Defense against coastal erosion


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