Saint Mary, Jersey
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Saint Mary (Jèrriais: Sainte Mathie) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the north west. It covers a surface area of 3,604 vergées (6.5 sq. km.).
It borders four other parishes. Among the natural attractions of the parish is the feature known as the Devil's Hole (Lé Creux du Vis}, a crater in the cliffs of the coast to which the sea has access. The descent into the Devil's Hole used to be accessible to visitors and was a lucrative tourist attraction, but it has been closed off for decades. Following a shipwreck in 1851, when the ship's figurehead washed up in the Devil's Hole, a statue of a devil adapted from the figurehead was set up above the Hole. This wooden statue was replaced by a succession of modern versions in the 20th century.
Vingtaines
The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes as follows:- La Vingtaine du Sud
- La Vingtaine du Nord
Demographics
St. Mary has the smallest population of all the parishes in Jersey, having only 1,591 residents in 2001.| 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1449 | 1475 | 1591 | |||
| Statistics beginning 1991 | |||||
Reference
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| Parishes of Jersey |
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| St Brélade | St Clement | Grouville | St Helier | St John | St Lawrence | St Martin | St Mary | St Ouen | St Peter | St Saviour | Trinity |
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