St. Peter Port
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|island=Guernsey
|area=2.5 sq mi (6.5 km²)
|population=16,488
|population_density=6595.2 sq mi (2536.6/km²)
|electoral_district=Divided into [[St. Peter Port North]] and [[St. Peter Port South]]
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'''St. Peter Port''' is the [[capital]] of [[Guernsey]], as well as the main [[port]] of the island. Population was 16,488 in 2001. In [[Dgèrnésiais|Guernesiais]] and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding [[parish]] is ''St Pierre Port''. The "port" distinguishes this parish from ''[[St Peter's, Guernsey|Saint Pierre Du Bois]]''.
As well as being a parish, St. Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes.
The post code for addresses in this parish starts with GY1.
People from St. Peter Port, were nicknamed "les Villais" (the townspeople) or "cllichards" in [[Guernésiais]].
==Geography==
[[Image:StPeterPortSouth.jpg|thumb|250px|right|View of St Peter Port from the South.]]
St. Peter Port is located on the East coast of [[Guernsey]]. It borders [[St Sampson's]] in the North, The [[Vale, Guernsey|Vale]] in the North-West, [[St Andrew's, Guernsey|St Andrew's]] in the West and [[St Martin's, Guernsey|St Martin's]] in the South.
===Relief===
The land in the North and by the harbour is low lying but in the South, the land gets much higher (but not as high as [[St Martin's, Guernsey|St Martin's]] or the [[Forest, Guernsey|Forest]]). This means that there are quite a few cliffs on the coast between Havelet and Fermain.
==Features==
[[Image:StPeterPortChurch.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Town Church-St Peter Port.]]
The features of the town include:
* The Royal Court House, seat of the [[Bailiwick]]'s government
* Hauteville House, [[Victor Hugo]]'s house of exile (now a museum run by the city of [[Paris]])
* [http://www.townchurch.org.gg/history/index.html The Town Church], the parish church of St Peter Port at the heart of the town
* [[St Peter Port Harbour]]
* [[Castle Cornet]], the historic fortress that guarded the strategic entrance to the port. The castle was formerly a [[tidal island]] but it is now joined by a [[breakwater (structure)|breakwater]] to the enlarged [[St Peter Port Harbour|harbour]].
* [[Elizabeth College, Guernsey|Elizabeth College]] founded in 1563 by [[Elizabeth I of England]]. The main building (built 1826) is a prominent feature of the skyline.
* The market, the Arcade, the High Street and the Pollet, which are all part of the shopping district
==Main roads==
The following main roads (listed from North-South) provide important links between St Peter Port and the other parishes:
* Les Banques (leads up the coast to [[St Sampson's, Guernsey|St Sampson's]] and the North of the Island)
* Rue Des Varendes (leads to the parish of [[Castel, Guernsey|Castel]])
* Mount Row (leads to [[St Andrew's, Guernsey|St Andrew's]] and the West of the Island)
* Ruette Brayes (leads to [[St Martin's, Guernsey|St Martin's]] and the South of the Island)
* Fort Road (leads to [[St Martin's, Guernsey|St Martin's]])
The following coastal roads (listed from North-South) are also very important as they provide access to the shops, carparks and the [[St Peter Port Harbour|harbour]]:
* St George's Esplanade
* North Esplanade
* South Esplanade
* Mount Durand
==Car parks==
The following are major [[car park]]s of St.Peter Port, listed from north to south:
* Salarie Corner
* North Beach
* Crown Pier
* Albert Pier
* Model Yacht Pond
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