Saint Andrew (

Guernésiais Guernésiais, also known as ''Dgèrnésiais'', Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". As one of the langues d'oïl, it has it ...

: Saint Andri; french: Saint-André-de-la-Pommeraye) is located in the centre of

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

and as such is the only

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, starting with St Peter Port, St Andrew is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list. This gave rise to the traditional nickname in Dgèrnésiais of the inhabitants of the parish: ''les croinchaons'' (the siftings, what is left behind in the sieve).

General

Saint Andrew is located in the centre of the

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and features hills and valleys. It is split into two parts, one bordering St Peter Port and one bordering St Saviour and the Forest. The upper part of the parish where the church and the Little Chapel is situated is very rural. The parish is mainly agricultural, Best's quarry now being used for water storage. St Andrews is the most expensive parish for buying property in Guernsey, closely followed by St Pierre Du Bois and St Saviour. The

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for street addresses in this parish begins with GY6.

Features

The features of the parish include: * Churches: ** Saint Andrew parish church ** The Monnaie Chapel ** La Villiaze Church * The

Little Chapel The Little Chapel is situated in the Les Vauxbelets valley, Saint Andrew, Guernsey. It was created in July 1914, by Brother Déodat. He planned to create a miniature version of the grotto and basilica at Lourdes, the Rosary Basilica. History ...

, which is believed to be the world's smallest consecrated church. * Military: ** Parish war memorial inside church ** German Military Underground Hospital ** German fortifications, built during the occupation 1940-45 *

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s (places for cattle to drink) * A number of protected buildings The parish of Saint Andrew hosts: * St Andrew Douzaine * Princess Elizabeth Hospital * Les Bourgs Hospice *

Grammar School A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...

Blanchelande College Blanchelande College is a 4–18 mixed, Roman Catholic, private school and sixth form in Saint Andrew, Guernsey. It was established in 1902 and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. It is the only fully mixed independent scho ...

Specsavers Specsavers Optical Group Ltd is a British multinational optical retail chain, which operates mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australasia and the Nordic countries. The chain offers optometry and optician services for eyesight testing and sells gl ...

Optical Group * St Andrew water storage reservoir * Various hotels and restaurants

Politics

St Andrew comprises part of the South East

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with St Martin. In the

2016 Guernsey general election The 2016 Guernsey general election was held on 27 April 2016 to elect 38 members of the States of Guernsey who will serve until 2020. There was a by-election in October 2016 to fill a vacancy in the district of Vale. Electoral system Followi ...

there was a 3,363 or 73% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) being ''Heidi Soulsby'', ''Lindsay De Sausmarez'', ''Peter Roffey'', ''Rob Prow'' and ''Victoria Oliver''.

Gallery

Image:Little chapel, Guernsey (1993).jpg,

, Guernsey File:German_underground_hospital_-_Saint_Andrew_-_Guernsey.jpg, German underground hospital

References

External links

The Little Chapel of Guernsey
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Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derive ...