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Forest

The Forest is a parish in . It is the highest parish on the island, with altitudes of up to about 100 m. The full title of the parish is Ste Marguerite de la Foret, after the parish church.
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  • Type: Village with 1,550 residents
  • Description: parish in Guernsey
  • Also known as: “Forest, Guernsey”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guernsey Airport and Little Chapel.

Aerodrome
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is an on the island of and the largest airport in the . It is located in the Forest, a parish in Guernsey, 2.5 nautical miles southwest of St.

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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 .

Church
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St Martin's Parish Church, Guernsey is also known as the Saint Martin de la Bellouse and is located in a dip in an ancient village, in the parish of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Peter Port and St Martin.

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 5 km northeast of Forest.

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.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.

Forest

Latitude
49.4313° or 49° 25′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.5928° or 2° 35′ 34″ west
Population
1,550
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Open location code
8CXVCCJ4+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8445750405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6417223
Wiki­data ID
Q2324169
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Forest” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Forest”
  • Breton: “La Fouarêt”
  • Cebuano: “Forest”
  • Chinese: “森林”
  • Chinese: “福爾斯特 (根西島)”
  • Cornish: “Forest, Gernsi”
  • Dutch: “Forest”
  • French: “La Forêt”
  • Interlingue: “Forest”
  • Lithuanian: “Foresto parapija”
  • Narom: “La Fouarêt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forest”
  • Norwegian: “Forest”
  • Polish: “Forest”
  • Russian: “Ла-Форе”
  • Spanish: “Forest (Guernsey)”
  • Spanish: “Forest”
  • Swedish: “Forest”
  • “Forest”

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Highlights include Le Perron Du Roi and Ste Marguerite, Forest Parish Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Forest”. Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 4.0.