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St Saviour
St Saûveur
(
)
Saint-Sauveur
(
)
Parish Hall of St Saviour
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of St Saviour in Jersey
,
Parish Hall, St
Saviour's Hill
Government
•
Kevin Lewis
Area
• Total
9.3 km
2
(3.6 sq mi)
• Rank
Population
(2011)
• Total
13,580
• Density
1,500/km
2
(3,800/sq mi)
• Summer (
)
Postcode
district
Postcode sector
7
Website
St Saviour
(
:
St Saûveur
;
:
Saint-Sauveur
) is a
in the
. It is located directly east of
. It
has a population of 13,580.
It has a land surface area of 3.6 square miles
(9.3 km
2
) and has a very small
at Le Dicq.
The parish is quite urbanised, hosting the
and
for the town of
St Helier. The most notable settlement is located around the Five Oaks area
in the centre of the parish and Georgetown in the South. The village of
Maufant is located on the boundary with
.
History
[
]
The parish's name derives from
as the
(
Sanctus
Salvator
). The parish church's full dedication is to St Saviour of the
Thorn.
The parish crest displays a
, to represent the
Saviour's suffering.
,
of the
, is situated in St
Saviour
is the official residence of the
, the
King's representative in Jersey. It was originally known as Belmont and was
acquired in 1821. It was originally constructed in 1814.
The church and parish hall are located halfway along the road known as St
Saviour's Hill. In the 19th century, the road was opened on its current
route. Before then, the road ran through the current grounds of Government
House. There was formerly an inn in what is now part of the cemetery of the
church.
Governance
[
]
This section needs to be
updated
. The reason
given is:
Electoral reform has been
implemented; deputy names are no longer
correct
.
Please help update this article to
reflect recent events or newly available
information.
(
November 2022
)
St Saviour is one of 12 parishes (first-level
) of
the Bailiwick of Jersey, a self-governing British
. The
highest official in the parish is the
of St Saviour. The
incumbent office holder is Kevin Lewis, who has held the office since
2022.
The parish administration is headquartered at the Parish Hall, next
to the parish church.
Under the newly revised electoral reform (in effect since 2022), St Saviour
forms a single constituency and elects five representatives to the
, alongside a
connétable
.
The current vingteniers and deputies for St
Saviour are listed below:
Vingtaines of St Saviour
District
Vingteniers
La
J Hatcher
La
N Tanner
La
S Hardy
La
A Goncalves
La
D Hallam
Deputies
(elected 27 June 2022)
(suspended with pay from States Assembly on 11 November 2025, but not removed as deputy).
Raluca Kovacs
Malcolm Ferey
Louise Doublet
Thomas Binet
Geography
[
]
Bagatelle Road in St Saviour
Georgetown is in the south part
of St Saviour
St Saviour is in the east of the island of Jersey. It borders
,
,
,
and
. The south of the parish is a highly
part of town, focused around Georgetown and Five Oaks. The area in the south is
known as Georgetown, Plat Douet and Longueville. It is near
and
has a short piece of coastline, the only one in the parish. It is also home to the
Rue des Près Trading Estate. The Five Oaks area is home to many schools and suburban
housing for St Helier. The remainder of the parish is largely rural, save for a few
small developments such as Maufant Village (split between St Saviour and St Martin)
and the houses near Queen's Valley Reservoir. The
runs along the border of St Saviour and St
Helier.
In terms of transport, the parish has many main roads that run through the parish to connect to other parishes, such
as La Grande Route de St Martin and Longueville Road. Part of the St Helier Ring Road is located within St Saviour. The
parish does not have any green lanes. The parish's Connétable Sadie Le Sueur-Rennard said 'I can't see where we would
have a green lane',
although the parish has a large number of lanes (including lanes that border green lanes in St
Martin).
St Saviour is twinned with
,
.
Demography
[
]
St Saviour is Jersey's second most populated parish, with 13,580 residents in 2011.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1991
12,747
—
1996
12,680
−0.5%
2001
12,491
−1.5%
2011
13,580
+8.7%
Religious sites
[
]
St Saviour's Church
The parish church is
Saint-Sauveur de l'Epine
(St Saviour of the Thorn) and is
dedicated to
. The parish church existed at least as early as 1087.
Each originally had four separate chapels, dedicated to Jesus,
,
and
. Before 1145, connecting walls were built to create the
parish church. The central tower was built in the 14th century. The parish
is uniquely known as 'Rector and
Vicar' or 'Perpetual Curate'. The church has four bells, the oldest dating to 1656, the other three dating to 1968.
Within its precincts, when
was raging in 1563, the
found a refuge, by permission granted
of Hugh Perrin, on whose fief the building stood.
Extensive repairs took place on the church in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. It is the best known of the Jersey churches outside the island because of the link to
, whose father was rector of the church. She is buried in the churchyard, which is the largest of any of the
island's parish churches, owing to the generosity of the Connétable in 1844.
Elsewhere in the parish is the Anglican church of St Luke's near Howard Davis Park. It is one of only three in the
island to celebrate in the tradition of
. Due to population growth after the
, a
new ecclesiastical district was created for Havre des Pas, with the new church completed in 1851. In the park next to
the church, there is a
dedicated to the servicemen who lost their lives off Guernsey in
and
.
Landmarks
[
]
St Saviour's Church
Howard Davis Park
Rue des Près Trading Estate
Highalnds College Turner Building
College House (Jersey College for Girls)
Longueville Manor
Education
[
]
The parish is home to a very large number of schools. Many of the schools have an island-wide student body, and
therefore during school pick-up and drop-off times the roads in the parish can become very congested.
Private schools:
De La Sallle Primary School
FCJ Primary School
States schools (fee-paying):
Jersey College Preparatory School
States schools (all-island)
- the island's further education college
- a grammar school (Year 10–11) and Sixth Form
D'Hautree School
States schools (catchment)
Plat Douet School
St Luke's School
St Saviour's School
Notable people
[
]
(born 1996), British racing driver
(1853–1929), British-American socialite, actress and producer from St
Saviour
(1879–1961), British
The
, Grace (
c.
1765/1770
–1843) and Walterina (died 1837), Scottish poets and authors
Gallery
[
]
Longueville in St
Saviour
College House,
formerly the
boarding house of
JCG is a
government-
maintained fee-
paying selective
school located in
the parish
Boundary stone
between St Saviour
and St Helier on La
Rue Le Masurier
Parish Hall
Highlands College
St Saviour's
Hospital in St
Saviour
The Hotel de France
on St Saviour's
Road
References
[
]
. Bbc.co.uk. 19 October 2011
. Retrieved
5 October
2012
.
.
. Retrieved
11 December
2020
.
.
The Island Wiki
. Retrieved
11 December
2020
.
.
The Island Wiki
. Retrieved
11 December
2020
.
.
. Retrieved
28 December
2024
.
(PDF)
.
. Retrieved
18 December
2024
.
.
Vote.je
. Retrieved
13 March
2021
.
.
Parish of St Saviour
. Retrieved
17 November
2025
.
Bailey, Christie (11 November 2025).
.
Bailiwick
Express News Jersey
. Retrieved
17 November
2025
.
.
. 20 June 2020
. Retrieved
24 January
2021
.
^
Hunt, Peter (2010).
A guide to the Churches of Jersey
. Jersey:
.
.
The Island Wiki
. Retrieved
11 December
2020
.
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