Saint Lawrence, Jersey

Infobox Channel Island parish
native_name=Saint Lawrence




island=Jersey
area=9.5 km²
population=4702
population_density=494.9/km²

Saint Lawrence (Jèrriais: St Louothains) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish covers 5,258 vergées (9.5 km²) and occupies the centre of the Island.

Much of the parish is inland, though it has a short stretch of coastline in St. Aubin's Bay. It borders Saint Peter and Saint Mary to the west, Saint John to the north and east, and Saint Helier to the east.

Museums

Hamptonne, the Country Life Museum, occupies restored farm buildings in the parish. An apple orchard preserves native Jersey cider apple varieties and the "preinseu" (cider press house) is the focus of the annual "Faîs'sie d'cidre" cidermaking festival using traditional equipment and methods. The ITV drama "Under the Greenwood Tree" was mostly filmed here

The Jersey War Tunnels (previously known as the German Underground Hospital) are a major relic of the engineering works undertaken by the occupying German forces 1940–1945. They also serve as a memorial to the many slave-workers pressed into labouring on such projects during the Second World War.

Vingtaines

The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes:
*La Vingtaine de la Vallée
*La Vingtaine du Coin Hatain
*La Vingtaine du Coin Motier
*La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Nord
*La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud

St. Lawrence is one electoral district and elects two Deputies.

Demographics

External links

* [http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/geraint/jerriais/st_louothains.html Saint Lawrence]