Vale

Vale is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey in the , . In 933 the islands, formerly under the control of William I, then Duchy of Brittany were annexed by the Duchy of Normandy.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Locality with 9,560 residents
  • Description: one of the ten parishes of Guernsey
  • Also known as: “Clos du Valle”, “Le Clos du Valle”, “Le Vale”, “Lé Vale”, “Le Valle”, “Vale, Guernsey”, and “Valle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vale Castle and St. Sampson Church.

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, is a protected building located in the Vale, Guernsey. 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.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Peter Port and Herm Harbour.

Town
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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 3½ km southwest of Vale.

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

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 Vale.

Vale

Latitude
49.48577° or 49° 29′ 9″ north
Longitude
-2.51956° or 2° 31′ 10″ west
Population
9,560
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8CXVFFPJ+85
Geo­Names ID
11591722
Wiki­data ID
Q1809806
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Vale” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Vale”
  • Breton: “Lé Vale”
  • Cebuano: “Vale (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Vale”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾”
  • Chinese: “韋爾”
  • Chinese: “韦尔”
  • Cornish: “Vale, Gernsi”
  • Dutch: “Vale”
  • French: “Le Valle”
  • German: “Clos du Valle”
  • German: “Le Clos du Valle”
  • Interlingue: “Vale”
  • Italian: “Lé Vale”
  • Italian: “Le Valle”
  • Italian: “Vale (Guernsey)”
  • Italian: “Vale”
  • Lithuanian: “Valei parapija”
  • Narom: “Lé Vale”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vale”
  • Norwegian: “Vale”
  • Polish: “Vale”
  • Spanish: “Le Clos du Valle”
  • Spanish: “Vale (Guernsey)”
  • Spanish: “Vale”
  • Swedish: “Vale”
  • Urdu: “ویل، گرنزی”
  • “Vale”

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Highlights include St. Sampson Harbour and Mont Crevett.

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