Torteval Tortévas | |
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 Location of Torteval in Guernsey | |
| Crown Dependency | Guernsey,Channel Islands |
| Government | |
| • Electoral district | West |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,017 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01 |
| Website | torteval |
Torteval (Guernésiais:Tortévas) is the smallest of the tenparishes ofGuernsey, one of the western parishes.[1] Its name comes from theGuernésiais words for "twisting valley". The parish is split in two by the parish ofSt. Pierre du Bois, with the part in the east known as Torteval. The detachedpeninsula to the west is namedPleinmont-Torteval. It includes the westernmost point in Guernsey, and anature reserve. The reserve, designed for birds in the 1970s, was to be redeveloped for theDiamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.[2]
InGuernésiais, people from Torteval were nicknamed "ânes à pid dé ch'fa", or "donkeys withhorse's hooves".
In the centre of the parish is a church designed byJohn Wilson and built in 1818, with the oldest bell in theChannel Islands, dating from 1432. The church is built on the site of an earlier church, consecrated on 4 November 1140, that had fallen into disrepair.[3]: 68 The current church has the talleststeeple in Guernsey, which is intended to be used as asea mark. It was proposed in 1849 to install a light on the steeple, but after inspection byTrinity House it was found unsuitable.[4]: 30
Thepostal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY8.
The parish produces a regular magazine calledLes Tortévalais.[5]
The features of the parish include:
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Torteval comprises part of the Westadministrative division with Forest, St. Saviour's and St. Pierre-du-Bois
In the2016 Guernsey general election there was a 3,188 or 74% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) beingAl Brouard,Andrea Dudley-Owen,Emilie Yerby,David De Lisle andShane Langlois.
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