Saint Peter (Jersey)

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Saint Peter
Saint Peter
Coordinates 49 ° 13 '5 "  N , 2 ° 11' 28"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '5 "  N , 2 ° 11' 28"  W.
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country jersey
ISO 3166-2 JE
surface 11.6 km²
Residents 5003 (2011)
density 431.3  Ew. / km²
Website www.parish.gov.je/st_peter/ (English)
The tower windmill of St. Peter
The tower windmill of St. Peter

Saint Peter ( Jèrriais : St Pièrre) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey . It is the fourth largest municipality in Jersey with 6532 vergées (12 km², 10% of the land area of ​​Jersey) It is located in the western part of the island and extends from the Bay of St. Ouen to the Bay of St. Aubin. Saint Peter is the only municipality with two different coastlines. In this way, it also cuts off the commune of Saint Brelade from the other communes on the island. Jersey Airport is on the municipality's territory.

It borders a total of four parishes: Saint Ouen in the north, Saint Mary in the northeast, Saint Lawrence in the east and Saint Brelade in the south.

Attractions

Sights include the mills on the territory of the municipality:

  • The tower windmill of St. Peter ( St. Peter's Windmill , built in 1837 from Jersey granite, the only remaining windmill in Jersey, today a museum and headquarters of a Jersey Pearls jewelery factory ),
  • the mill of Quétivel and
  • the Tesson Mill.

The churches and chapels in the municipality are also worth seeing.

Population development

Historical populations:

  • 1991: 4231
  • 1996: 4228
  • 2001: 4293
  • 2011: 5003

politics

The municipality is divided into five parts ( vingtaines ):

St. Peter forms an electoral district and elects an MP.

All parishes in Jersey, including Saint Peter, have an honorary police force made up of voluntary members who have certain rights organized in a police-like manner.

education

With St. Peter's School, Saint Peter has a state primary school, which also has a nursery attached. There is also a private elementary school, St. George's Preparatory School , for which school fees have to be paid.

Partner municipality

Memorial stone on the occasion of the partnership with Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët

Partner church since 2005

FranceFrance Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët in the Manche department , France .

Personalities

The Irish singer and songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan (* 1946) lives in St. Peter with his wife and children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Size and land cover of Jersey , Area of Jersey by Parish (2017), on gov.je . Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  2. ^ Census 2011 , accessed August 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ List of Elementary Schools in Jersey , accessed August 23, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Saint Peter (Jersey)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files