Saint Peter, Jersey

Saint Peter
Saint Peter
	Jersey parish
	Welcome to Jersey sign at Jersey Airport
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint Peter in Jersey
Crown Dependency	Jersey, Channel Islands
Government [1]
• Connétable	John Refault
Area
• Total	11.6 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 4th
Elevation [2]	84 m (276 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	5,003
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01
Postcode district	JE3
Postcode sector	7

Saint Peter (Jèrriais: St Pièrre) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the west central part of the island. It is the only parish with two separate coastlines, stretching from St. Ouen's Bay in the west to St. Aubin's Bay in the south, and thereby cutting St. Brelade off from other parishes. The parish is the fourth-largest parish by surface area, covering 6,469 vergées (11.6 km² (4.5 sq mi))

It borders four other parishes:

Saint Ouen to the north
Saint Mary to the north-east
St Lawrence to the east
St Brelade to the south

A large portion of the parish is occupied by Jersey Airport.

The traditional nickname for St. Pierrais is ventres à baînis (limpet bellies), perhaps because their parish sticks to two coasts like limpets.

Vingtaines

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	4,231	—
1996	4,228	−0.1%
2001	4,293	+1.5%
2011	5,003	+16.5%

The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes as follows:

The parish forms one electoral district and elects one Deputy.

Education

Boundary stone in St. Ouen's Bay between St. Brelade and St. Peter

St. Peter's School is located in La Rue du Presbytère, and is a state run primary school with 164 students in 2009.[3] The fee-charging St. George's Preparatory School is located at La Hague Manor, Rue de la Hague, which is wholly owned by The Jersey Educational Trust.[4]

Notable residents

Gilbert O'Sullivan resides in Saint Peter with his wife Aase and their two children.
Caroline LeSueur, a Mormon pioneer and one of the founders of St. Johns, Arizona.
Augustus Asplet Le Gros, a Norman language poet and a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey.
George William de Carteret, a Norman language journalist and writer
Peter Vincenti, footballer

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References

"Election results 2011". Gov.je. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
St. Peter's School Archived 2006-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
St. George's Preparatory

External links

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[1] "Election results 2011". Gov.je. Retrieved 2012-10-05.

[3] St. Peter's School Archived 2006-07-01 at the Wayback Machine

[4] St. George's Preparatory