Saint Patrick is one of
Dominica
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...
's 10 administrative
parishes
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. It is bordered by
St. George
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,
St. Luke and
St. Mark to the west, and
St. David
David (; ; ) was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales.
David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail about his life. ...
to the north. It has an area of 84.4 km² (32.59 mi²), and has a population of 8,383.
Census statistics for Dominica
at GeoHive. Retrieved July 21, 2006.
Grand Bay (also known as Berekua) and La Plaine are the largest settlements in the parish. Other villages include:
*Bagatelle
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*Bellevue Chopin Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French.
Bellevue or Belle Vue may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
Canada
* Bellevue, Alberta
* Bellevue, Newfoundlan ...
(also in St. George)
* Boetica
*Bordeaux
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*Delices
Delices is a small village in Dominica. It is located in the south-east of the island, between La Plaine and Petite Savanne.
The village's name derives from the French words ''délices'', translated as "delights", or ''délice'' meaning "a deli ...
* Dubuc
* Fond St. Jean
*Geneva
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*Hagley
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* Montine
*Petite Savanne
Petite Savanne (French for "little savannah") was a village on the southeast side of Dominica. It had an estimated population of 1,200 in 2015. The region the town was built on features some of Dominica's steepest terrain; the slopes were composed ...
* Pichelin
* Pointe Caribe
*Ravine Banane
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* Stowe
*Tete Morne
Tete may refer to:
* Tete, Mozambique
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* La Plaine
References
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Parishes of Dominica
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