Saint Peter, Guernsey

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Saint Peter
Saint Pierre du Bois
Parish
Location of Saint Pierre Du Bois in Guernsey
Location of Saint Pierre Du Bois in Guernsey
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Crown Dependency Guernsey, Channel Islands
Government
 • Electoral district West
Area
 • Total 6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 2,188
 • Density 350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone GMT
 • Summer (DST) UTC+01 (UTC)

St Peter's (Guernesiais: Saint Pierre), known officially as Saint Pierre du Bois (English: "St. Peter in the Wood") is a parish in Guernsey. It is the centre for the Guernsey Western Parishes which includes Torteval, St Saviour's and the Forest.

The old Guernesiais nickname for people from Saint Pierre was etcherbaots which means beetles.

The postal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY7.

St Peter's won the Britain in Bloom small coastal prize in 2015.[1]

Geography

The parish is located in the West of the Island and has borders with the parishes of Torteval, St. Saviour's, Forest and St. Andrew's.

The parish is mainly countryside with a small village in the centre. The parish church is one of the most unusual in the islands as it is built at the bottom of a small valley and the interior of the church is not flat but diagonal in appearance.

Features

Politics

Saint Peter comprises part of the West administrative division with Torteval, St. Saviour's and Forest

In the Guernsey general election, 2012 there was a 3,148 or 76% turnout to elect six Deputies.

Notable people

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