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Marazion

Marazion is small coastal village near Penzance in West Cornwall. The tidal island of St Michael's Mount is half-a-mile offshore. At low water a causeway links it to the town and at high water passenger boats carry visitors between Marazion and St Michael's Mount.
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  • Type: Town with 1,290 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Cornwall, England
  • Also known as: “Marazion civil parish”, “Marazion CP”, “Marazion, Cornwall”, “Marghasyow”, “Market Jew”, “Market-Jew”, and “Marketjew”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penzance Heliport and Church of Saint Paul.

Heliport
Photo: Dyvroeth, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is located 1.1 NM northeast of , . The heliport hosts scheduled flights to the , with a connection to the railway network at by a special bus service.

Church
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Garden
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penzance and St Erth.

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is the most south-westerly town in West Cornwall. Famous for its association with the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Pirates of , the town is an ideal base for exploring the Penwith area of Cornwall.

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is a civil parish and village in , England, United Kingdom. takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Dark Ages, and is at the old crossing point of the .

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a fishing village in West Cornwall, a mile or two south of Penzance. The mediaeval quay, beloved of the School painters, still exists and there are many charming cottages and narrow lanes to explore.

Marazion

Latitude
50.1239° or 50° 7′ 26″ north
Longitude
-5.4728° or 5° 28′ 22″ west
Population
1,290
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MRZ
Open location code
9C2P4GFG+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1612841259
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2643076
Wiki­data ID
Q1892416
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Marazion” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Marazion”
  • Basque: “Marazion”
  • Breton: “Marghasyow”
  • Breton: “Marhasyow”
  • Catalan: “Marazion”
  • Cebuano: “Marazion”
  • Chinese: “Marazion”
  • Chinese: “馬拉扎恩”
  • Cornish: “Marghas Yow”
  • Cornish: “Marghasyow”
  • Dutch: “Marazion”
  • French: “Marazion”
  • German: “Marazion”
  • Irish: “Marazion”
  • Irish: “Marghasyow”
  • Italian: “Marazion”
  • Japanese: “マラザイアン”
  • Japanese: “マラジオン”
  • Ladin: “Marazion”
  • Latin: “Marazion”
  • Latin: “Parvum Forum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marazion”
  • Persian: “مارازیون”
  • Polish: “Marazion”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مارازیون”
  • Spanish: “Marazion”
  • Swedish: “Marazion”
  • Turkish: “Marazion”
  • Welsh: “Marazion”
  • Welsh: “Marghasyow”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Marazion”. Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.