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St Pierre du Bois

St Peter's, known officially as Saint Pierre du Bois, is a parish in . It is the centre for the Guernsey Western Parishes which includes , St Saviour's and the .
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  • Type: Village with 2,040 residents
  • Description: parish of Guernsey
  • Also known as: “Saint Peter, Guernsey”, “Saint Peter’s”, “Saint Pierre”, “Saint Pierre du Bois”, “Saint-Pierre-du-Bois”, “St Peter’s”, “St. Peter in the Wood”, and “St. Pierre du Bois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guernsey Airport and Fort Grey.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wdollivier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an on the island of and the largest airport in the . It is located in the , a parish in Guernsey, 2.5 nautical miles southwest of St.

Castle
Photo: Angus MacRae, CC BY 2.0.
, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a located on a tidal rock in Rocquaine Bay in Saint Peter, Guernsey on the west coast of the island.

Photo: Henkgron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is situated in the Les Vauxbelets valley, . It was created in July 1914, by Brother Déodat. He planned to create a miniature version of the grotto and basilica at , the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Martin and St Andrew.

Village
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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 5 km east of St Pierre du Bois.

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 4 km east of St Pierre du Bois.

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 6 km east of St Pierre du Bois.

St Pierre du Bois

Latitude
49.4357° or 49° 26′ 9″ north
Longitude
-2.6227° or 2° 37′ 22″ west
Population
2,040
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8CXVC9PG+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8445750406
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6417213
Wiki­data ID
Q2164378
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“St Pierre du Bois” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Saint Pierre du Bois”
  • Breton: “Saint Pierre”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Pierre du Bois”
  • Chinese: “圣彼得教区”
  • Chinese: “聖皮埃爾”
  • Cornish: “Saint Peter’s, Gernsi”
  • Dutch: “Saint Pierre du Bois”
  • French: “Saint-Pierre-du-Bois”
  • German: “Saint Peter, Guernsey”
  • German: “Saint Peter’s”
  • German: “Saint-Pierre-du-Bois”
  • Interlingue: “Saint Pierre du Bois”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Petro parapija (Gernsis)”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Petro parapija”
  • Narom: “Saint Pierre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Peter”
  • Norwegian: “Saint Peter”
  • Polish: “St Peter’s”
  • Russian: “Сент-Пьер-дю-Буа”
  • Spanish: “Saint Peter in the Wood”
  • Spanish: “Saint Peter’s”
  • Spanish: “Saint Pierre du Bois”
  • Spanish: “Saint Pierre”
  • Spanish: “Saint-Pierre-du-Bois”
  • Spanish: “St Peter’s”
  • Spanish: “St. Peter in the Wood”
  • Swedish: “Saint Pierre du Bois”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ پیٹرس، گرنزی”
  • “Saint Pierre du Bois”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Peter’s Community Hall and St Peter’s Post Office.

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