St Ives
St Ives is a seaside town on the north coast of West Cornwall, near Penzance. In 2011 its population was 11,226. This fishing village grew up into a seaside resort, and has long attracted artists.
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- Type: Town with 5,410 residents
- Description: seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “Porth Eya”, “St Ives i Cornwall”, “St Ives, Cornwall”, “St. Ives”, “St. Yves”, “Сент-Айвз (Корнволл)”, “Сент-Айвз (Корнуолл)”, “Сент-Ивс”, “Սենտ Այվ, Քոռնուոլ”, “סיינט אייבס (קורנוול)”, “סיינט אייבס, קורנוול”, “סנט אייבס, קורנוול, אנגליה”, “セント・アイヴズ”, and “セント・アイブス”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St Ives railway station and Tate St Ives.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carbis Bay and Hayle.
St Ives
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.2149° or 50° 12′ 54″ north
Longitude
-5.4795° or 5° 28′ 46″ west
Population
5,410
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB IVS
Open location code
9C2P6G7C+X5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“St Ives” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سانت ايفيس”
- Armenian: “Սենթ Այվս”
- Asturian: “St Ives”
- Azerbaijani: “Sent-Ayvs”
- Basque: “Saint Ives”
- Basque: “St Ives”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট ইভস”
- Breton: “Porth Ia”
- Burmese: “စိန့်အိုက်ဗ်မြို့”
- Catalan: “Porthia”
- Catalan: “Saint Ives”
- Cebuano: “St Ives”
- Chinese: “圣艾夫斯”
- Chinese: “聖艾夫斯”
- Cornish: “Porth Ia”
- Cornish: “Porthia”
- Danish: “St. Ives”
- Dutch: “St Ives”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سانت ايفيس”
- Esperanto: “Sankta Ivo”
- Finnish: “St Ives”
- French: “St Ives”
- German: “St Ives”
- German: “St. Ives”
- Greek: “Σεντ Άιβς”
- Gujarati: “સેન્ટ ઇવ્સ”
- Hebrew: “סנט אייבס”
- Irish: “Porth Ia”
- Italian: “Saint Ives”
- Italian: “St Ives”
- Japanese: “セント・アイヴス”
- Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಐವ್ಸ್”
- Kazakh: “Сент-Айвс”
- Korean: “세인트아이브스”
- Ladin: “St Ives (Cornwall)”
- Ladin: “St Ives”
- Latin: “Villa Sanctae Iae”
- Lithuanian: “Sant Ivesas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “St. Ives (Cornwall)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “St. Ives”
- Nauru: “St Ives”
- Northern Sami: “Porth Ia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Ives”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Ives i Cornwall”
- Norwegian: “St. Ives”
- Ossetian: “Сент-Айвс”
- Persian: “سنت ایوس، کورنوال”
- Persian: “سنت ایوس”
- Polish: “St Ives”
- Portuguese: “St Ives”
- Romanian: “St Ives, Cornwall”
- Romanian: “St Ives”
- Russian: “Сент-Айвс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “St Ives, Cornwall”
- Slovenian: “St Ives”
- South Azerbaijani: “سنت ایوس، کورنوال”
- Spanish: “St Ives”
- Swedish: “St. Ives, Cornwall”
- Swedish: “St. Ives”
- Tamil: “ஸ்ட இவேஸ்”
- Telugu: “సెయింట్ ఎల్వీస్”
- Turkish: “St Ives, Cornwall”
- Ukrainian: “Сент-Айвз”
- Urdu: “سینٹ آئیوز، کورنوال”
- Volapük: “St Ives”
- Welsh: “Porth Ia”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Man’s Head and The Belyars.
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