Saint David Parish (Grenada)

St. David

Saint David's Parish is the fourth largest parish in Grenada . Since it has no main town, it is often referred to as "The Virgin Parish". Saint David's has an area of ​​47 km² and 11,476 inhabitants and a population density of 261 inhabitants / km².

geography

Saint David's Parish stretches across the southeast coast of Grenada. It is bordered by Saint Andrew to the east and Saint George to the west . The border of the Parish runs from the coast in parabolic form to the mountain regions of the Perdmontempt inland. The coast itself is formed by spectacular headlands and bays, on which there are some popular bathing beaches. The rocky coast merges slowly into the central mountainous country. Settlement is concentrated along the only road worth mentioning and the various settlements merge almost seamlessly. Well-known places are: Terra Cannes ; Bellevue with Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School ; Crochu ; Thebaide with the Church of The Immaculate Conception & St.Joseph ; Belle Isle; Petit etang ; the main town of St Davids and Maulti with the Church of the Nazarene and St David 's SDA Church; Stetsenville with Syracuse and Corinth with the Ebenezer Penticostal Tabanacle , as well as the Corinth Cemetery and La Cheaseur on the coast; Windsor Forest ; Barrow ; Epping Forest ; Red gate ; Beaton ; Becke Moui with Westerhall Secondary School and Good Shepherd-Catholic Church ; and Westerhall with the Westerhall Land Settlement Peninsula . Well-known mountains are: Mount Sinai (494 m), Mount Maitland (236 m) and Mount Airy .

history

In 1609 the place Megrin was created at St David's Point . In 1721 the Catholic parish of Megrin was re-established by the French . In 1747, Megrin in St David was one of the six churches and parishes in Grenada. In the Fedon Conflict (Fédon's Rebellion, 1795–96) there was a battle at the church when the English troops stayed in the church overnight. It was destroyed and never rebuilt.

Since the 1950s, St David's became the base of Eric Gairy, who came from Aruba and found support in St. David's Parish for his "Sky Red" rebellion against British rule, which in 1974 finally led to the independence of Grenada.

The Parish was also the site of the New Jewel Movement , which culminated in the Grenada Revolution on March 13, 1979. Theodore "Teddy" Victor , Sebastian Thomas , Unison Whiteman and Wally Jeremiah , who were dissatisfied with the opposition Grenada National Party (GNP) under Herbert Blaize , decided to organize a grassroots movement and mobilize the "masses of Grenada". For this they used their magazine The New Jewel .

The confrontation with the Gary regime was sparked primarily by the sale of the popular LaSagesse beach , which had been sold to the British Lord Brownslow and which denied access to the beach for the locals.

economy

In the sparsely populated part of the island, ecotourism is becoming increasingly important. The cultivation of fruit and sugar cane is still the most important industry.

Coordinates: 12 ° 4 ′  N , 61 ° 40 ′  W