Southampton Parish

Southampton Parish
Coordinates	32 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ N , 64 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 32 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ N , 64 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W
Basic data
Country	Bermuda
ISO 3166-2	BM
surface	6.1 km²
Residents	6421 (2016)
density	1,050.9 Ew. / km²
	Others
Time zone :	AST ( UTC − 4 )

Location of Southampton Parish within Bermuda

Southampton Parish is a 6.1 km² administrative area of Bermuda with 6421 inhabitants (2016).

The Parish, which is comparable to a district in German-speaking countries, is located in the southwest of the main Bermudian island of Grand Bermuda . The administrative district also includes a few small islands in Little Sound off the north coast . Southampton Parish is bordered by Sandys Parish to the northwest and Warwick Parish to the east .

The administrative area is named after the English aristocrat Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624).

One of the attractions in the Parish is the 41 meter high and was put into operation on May 1, 1846 Lighthouse Gibbs Hill Lighthouse .

Web links

Keith Archibald Forbes: Bermuda's Southampton Parish. In: Bermuda and her Atlantic Islands. Bermuda Online (BOL ).; accessed on December 11, 2017
Bermuda Lighthouse. Gibbs Hill Lighthouse website. Heinz Sievers(English).; accessed on December 11, 2017

Individual evidence

↑ Melinda Williams (Ed.): 2016 Population and Housing Census Report . Government of Bermuda - Department of Statistics, Hamilton, Bermuda May 2, 2018, Population, p. 24 , Table 3: Population by parish and municipality, 2016 and 2010 (English, gov.bm [PDF; 4.4 MB ; accessed on August 30, 2019]).
↑ Melinda Williams (Ed.): 2016 Population and Housing Census Report . Government of Bermuda - Department of Statistics, Hamilton, Bermuda May 2, 2018, Population, p. 25 , Table 4: Population density by parish and municipality, 2016 and 2010 (English, gov.bm [PDF; 4.4 MB ; accessed on August 30, 2019]).

[1] Melinda Williams (Ed.): 2016 Population and Housing Census Report . Government of Bermuda - Department of Statistics, Hamilton, Bermuda May 2, 2018, Population, p. 24 , Table 3: Population by parish and municipality, 2016 and 2010 (English, gov.bm [PDF; 4.4 MB ; accessed on August 30, 2019]).

[2] Melinda Williams (Ed.): 2016 Population and Housing Census Report . Government of Bermuda - Department of Statistics, Hamilton, Bermuda May 2, 2018, Population, p. 25 , Table 4: Population density by parish and municipality, 2016 and 2010 (English, gov.bm [PDF; 4.4 MB ; accessed on August 30, 2019]).