Saint Sampson

St Sampson is a parish of , an island in the , directly north of . It is on the north-west and north-east coasts of the island and is split into two sections, intersected by .
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 8,970 residents
  • Description: parish in Guernsey
  • Also known as: “Saint Sampson Parish”, “Saint Sampson, Guernsey”, “Saint Sampson’s”, “Saint Samsaon”, “Saint-Sampson”, “St-Sampson”, and “St. Sampson”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Sampson Church and Vale Castle.

Church
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, is a protected building located in the . The original name was "Le Château St Michel", later it became "Château de Val" or "Château de Valle" and is over 1,000 years old.

Beach
for other uses, see Port of Bordeaux is a fishing port and bay in the parish of in the northeast of , about 2 miles north of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Peter Port and Herm Harbour.

Town
Photo: Alistair Young, CC BY 2.0.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France. is situated 3½ km southwest of Saint Sampson.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 5 km east of Saint Sampson.

Hamlet
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Saint Andrew is located in the centre of and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, starting with St Peter Port, is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list. is situated 5 km southwest of Saint Sampson.

Saint Sampson

Latitude
49.48336° or 49° 29′ 0″ north
Longitude
-2.51971° or 2° 31′ 11″ west
Population
8,970
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GG STS
Open location code
8CXVFFMJ+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12625687689
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3042286
Wiki­data ID
Q24695054
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Saint Sampson” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانت سامسون (غيرنزي)”
  • Arabic: “سانت سامسون”
  • Basque: “Saint Sampson”
  • Breton: “Saint Samsaon”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Sampson (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Sampson”
  • Chinese: “聖桑普森”
  • Cornish: “Saint Sampson’s, Gernsi”
  • Cornish: “Saint Sampson’s”
  • Dutch: “Saint Sampson”
  • French: “Saint-Samson”
  • French: “St Samson”
  • Interlingue: “Saint Sampson”
  • Italian: “Saint Sampson”
  • Italian: “Saint Samsaon”
  • Japanese: “セント・サンプソン (ガーンジー)”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Samsono parapija”
  • Narom: “Saint Samsaon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Sampson”
  • Norwegian: “Saint Sampson”
  • Polish: “St Sampson’s”
  • Portuguese: “Saint Sampson”
  • Russian: “Сент-Сампсон”
  • Spanish: “Saint Sampson”
  • Spanish: “Sant Sampson (Guernsey)”
  • Swedish: “Saint Sampson (parish)”
  • Swedish: “Saint Sampson, Guernsey”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ سمپسوں ، گرنزی”
  • “Saint Sampson”

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