Saint Helier

This article covers the city on the Channel Island of Jersey. For the borough of London, see London Borough of Sutton . For the Swiss writer, see Monique Saint-Hélier

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Saint Helier Saint- Helier
Coordinates	49 ° 11 '25 "  N , 2 ° 6' 31"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '25 "  N , 2 ° 6' 31"  W
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	jersey
surface	9.5 km²
Residents	33,522 (2011)
density	3,528.6  Ew. / km²
Website	www.sthelier.je (English)
politics
mayor	Alan Simon Crowcroft
St. Helier summer evening 1995

Saint Helier ( Jèrriais : St Hélyi, named after St. Helier ) is one of the twelve parishes , the capital and largest city on the Channel Island of Jersey , the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel . Saint Helier is located on the south coast of Jersey, has a population of approximately 33,500 inhabitants (2011 census) and is the administrative center of the island; the government building is in Saint Savior . The municipality extended in 2014 over about 9.5 km² (5297 Vergées ), which makes up about 8% of the island's surface. Due to permanent land reclamation, the area in 2017 is given as 5360 vergées (about 10 km²).

history

The parish church from the 14th century

Sculpture in Liberation Square in St. Helier

St Helier was probably settled for the first time during the Roman occupation of Gaul. The parish and city are named after the martyr Helier, who died in Jersey . The parish church, which dates back to the 11th century, was originally built on the edge of the dunes, but is now some distance from the water due to land reclamation measures in later times. An abbey was founded in Saint Helier in 1155 on L'Islet, a tidal island off the current harbor . A castle was built on the site of the abbey, which was closed during the Reformation, to replace Mont Orgueil as the main fortification of the island. The new castle, Elizabeth Castle , was named after his Queen Elizabeth I by the Governor of Jersey 1600–1603, Sir Walter Raleigh . The city's first port was built under George II . On January 6, 1781, the Battle of Jersey was fought in the town's Royal Square, which was the last attempt by French troops to conquer the island. There has been a steady influx of English-speaking settlers since the 1820s.

During the Second World War , Jersey was also occupied by German troops. They vacated the island on May 9, 1945. A sculpture on Liberation Square commemorates the occupation and liberation.

politics

Saint Helier is divided into four constituencies.

• St. Helier No. 1 ( Vingtaine de la Ville ) elects three MPs
• St. Helier No. 2 ( Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Prêtre and Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Prêtre ) elects three MPs
• St. Helier No. 3 ( Vingtaine du Rouge Bouillon and Vingtaine du Mont à l'Abbé )
• St. Helier No. 4 ( Vingtaine du Mont Cochon )

The votes of electoral districts 3 and 4 are evaluated together; A total of four MPs are elected from here.

traffic

The bus company libertybus operates an extensive bus network on the island from St. Helier .

There are regular ferry connections. a. to the island of Guernsey ( St. Peter Port , 27 nm ) and to the island of Sark as well as to Portsmouth in Great Britain and to Saint-Malo in France (39 nm).

Daughters and sons of the city

• Elinor Glyn (1864–1943 in London), British writer, journalist and screenwriter
• Frederick Lonsdale (1881–1954), British playwright
• Gabriel Poulain (1884–1953), French cyclist
• Hans Kröner (1909–2006), German economist, lawyer and entrepreneur
• John Gordon Bennett (1913–1988), American racing car driver

Twin cities

•  Avranches ( department of Manche ), France , since 1982
•  Bad Wurzach ( Baden-Württemberg ), Germany , since 2002
•  Funchal ( Madeira Autonomous Region ), Portugal , since 2012

The market hall in St. Helier

Climate diagram of St. Helier

Web links

Commons : Saint Helier  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Parish Saint Helier

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report on the 2011 Jersey Census Report of the States of Jersey Statistics Unit ( PDF ), p. 6, accessed April 23, 2016
2. ↑ Jersey in Figures 2014 p. 1: Size and Land Cover of Jersey , Information of the States of Jersey Statistics Unit ( PDF , English), accessed on April 23, 2016
3. ↑ Size and land cover of Jersey , Area of Jersey by Parish (2017), on gov.je . Retrieved September 9, 2017.
4. ↑ 2014 election results Information from the States of Jersey , accessed April 23, 2016
5. ^ The "Jumelage" with Avranches website of the Parish Saint Helier (English), accessed April 23, 2016
6. ↑ The "Partnership" with Bad Wurzach ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Parish Saint Helier website, accessed April 23, 2016 
7. ↑ The "Geminação" with Funchal ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Parish Saint Helier website, accessed April 23, 2016