| Saint Peter Port Saint Pierre Port |
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| — Parish — | |
| View of St Peter Port from the South | |
| Location of Saint Peter Port in Guernsey | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Crown Dependency | Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Government | |
| • Electoral district | Divided into St. Peter Port North and St. Peter Port South |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 16,488 |
| • Density | 2,536.6/km2 (6,569.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01 (UTC) |
Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from Saint Pierre Du Bois.
As well as being a parish, St. Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes. It is known that a trading post/town has existed here since before Roman times, the pre-Christian name of which has not survived into the modern era.
The post code for addresses in this parish starts with GY1.
People from St. Peter Port, were nicknamed "les Villais" (the townspeople) or "cllichards" in Guernésiais.
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St. Peter Port is located on the East coast of Guernsey. It borders St Sampson's in the North, The Vale in the North-West, St Andrew's in the West and St Martin's in the South.
The land in the North and by the harbour is low lying but in the South, the land gets much higher (but not as high as St Martin's or the Forest). This means that there are quite a few cliffs on the coast between Havelet and Fermain.
Saint Peter Port is subdivided into four cantons:[1]
In addition, the islands of Herm and Jethou belong to the parish,[2] but are not part of any canton. They belong to Electoral district Saint Peter Port South.[3]
The features of the town include:
The following main roads (listed from North-South) provide important links between St Peter Port and the other parishes:
The following coastal roads (listed from North-South) are also very important as they provide access to the shops, carparks and the harbour:
Blue Islands, a regional airline, has its head office in Saint Peter Port.[4]
Security and Defense Operations Management, a global security company is based in Saint Peter Port employing 3800+ around the world
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