Saint Lawrence, Jersey

Saint Lawrence
—  Parish  —
Coat of arms
Location of Saint Lawrence in Jersey
Crown Dependency	Jersey, Channel Islands
Area
• Total	9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population
• Total	4,702
• Density	494.9/km2 (1,281.9/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01 (UTC)

Saint Lawrence (Jèrriais: St Louothains) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish covers 5,258 vergées (9.5 km²) and occupies the centre of the Island.

Much of the parish is inland, though it has a short stretch of coastline in St. Aubin's Bay. It borders Saint Peter and Saint Mary to the west, Saint John to the north and east, and Saint Helier to the east.

Cidermaking traditions are preserved at Hamptonne using a horse-drawn granite apple crusher and wooden two-screw press

Museums

Hamptonne, the Country Life Museum, occupies restored farm buildings in the parish. An apple orchard preserves native Jersey cider apple varieties and the preinseu (cider press house) is the focus of the annual Faîs'sie d'cidre cidermaking festival using traditional equipment and methods. The ITV drama Under the Greenwood Tree was mostly filmed here

The Jersey War Tunnels (previously known as the German Underground Hospital) are a major relic of the engineering works undertaken by the occupying German forces 1940–1945. They also serve as a memorial to the many slave-workers pressed into labouring on such projects during the Second World War.

The arched entrance to Morel Farm, a National Trust for Jersey property in St. Lawrence, bears the date inscription 1666. Along with Hamptonne and Le Rât cottage, it is one of the notable examples of rural architecture in the parish

Vingtaines

The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes:

• La Vingtaine Haut de la Vallée
• La Vingtaine Bas de la Vallée
• La Vingtaine du Coin Hatain
• La Vingtaine du Coin Motier
• La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Nord
• La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud

St. Lawrence is one electoral district and elects two Deputies.

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	4,561	—
1996	4,773	+4.6%
2001	4,702	−1.5%

Twin towns

St Lawrence is twinned with:

• Barneville-Carteret in France

External links

• Saint Lawrence, Official Parish website
• Saint Lawrence at Les Pages Jèrriaises