St 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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Victoria Tower and Vale Castle.

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a monument in , , erected in honor of a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the island in 1846.

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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.

Museum
Photo: TheKaphox, CC0.
is a large island castle in , and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock. Its importance was as a defence not only of the island, but of the roadstead.

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.

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 south of St 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 4 km southwest of St Sampson.

St Sampson

Latitude
49.4815° or 49° 28′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.538° or 2° 32′ 17″ west
Population
8,970
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8CXVFFJ6+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8445750411
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
6417233
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Satellite Map

Discover St Sampson from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“St Sampson” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሴንት ሳምሳን”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sint Samson”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট স্যাম্পসন”
  • French: “Saint-Sampson”
  • German: “St. Sampson”
  • Hausa: “St Sampson”
  • Japanese: “セント・サンプソン”
  • Javanese: “St Sampson”
  • Kazakh: “Сент-Сэмпсон”
  • Kirghiz: “Сент-Сэмпсон”
  • Malay: “St Sampson”
  • Oromo: “St Sampson”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੈਂਟ ਸੈਂਪਸਨ”
  • Persian: “سنت سمپسن”
  • Portuguese: “St Sampson”
  • Pushto: “سنت سمپسن”
  • Somali: “St Sampson”
  • Spanish: “St Sampson”
  • Swahili: “St Sampson”
  • Tajik: “Сент-Сэмпсон”
  • Tatar: “Сент-Сэмпсон”
  • Uzbek: “Sint Samson”

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Notable Places Nearby

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