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St Helier (/ ˈ h ɛ l i ər /; Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi; French: Saint-Hélier) is the capital of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.It is the most populous of the twelve parishes of Jersey, with a population of 35,822, [4] over one-third of the island's total population.
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The face of St Helier as sculpted on the 1978 monument La Croix de la Reine in St Helier. Saint Helier Harbour is named after Helier (or Helerius), a 6th-century ascetic hermit from Belgium. The traditional date of his martyrdom is AD 555. His feast day, marked by an annual municipal and ecumenical pilgrimage to the Hermitage, is on 16 July.
the Pomme d'Or overlooking Liberation Square in St. Helier, which during the occupation served as the German Navy Headquarters [10] and from whose balcony the Liberation force raised the Union Flag on Liberation Day, 9 May 1945; the Hotel de France, formerly the Imperial and the Jesuit college, in St. Saviour overlooking the town of St. Helier;
"Elizabeth Castle" from the west with the length of the ensemble of the castle buildings. Elizabeth Castle (Norman: Lé Châté Lîzabé) [1] [2] is a castle and tourist attraction, on a tidal island within the parish of Saint Helier, Jersey.
Mount Bingham also known as South Hill is a hill (48 meters; 157 feet) in St. Helier, the capital of the Channel Island of Jersey. It is named after Sir Francis Richard Bingham who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 1924 until 1929. A road that circles the coastal side of Mount Bingham is known by the same name.