St Lawrence, Jersey
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St Lawrence (French: Saint-Laurent; Jèrriais: St Louothains) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is located 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of St Helier.[lower-alpha 1] The parish covers 5,258 vergées (9.5 km2) and occupies the centre of the Island. St Lawrence Village is also the name of a village in the parish.
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Saint Lawrence
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Crown Dependency | Jersey, Channel Islands |
Government | |
• Connétable | Deidre Mezbourian |
Area | |
• Total | 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
• Rank | Ranked 7th |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,418[2] |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01 |
Postcode district | |
Postcode sector | 1 |
Website | www |
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Much of the parish is inland, though it has a short stretch of coastline in St Aubin's Bay. It borders St Peter and St Mary to the west, St John to the north and east, and St Helier to the east.