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Saint Mary (es of Jersey in the Channel Islands . It is in the north west. It covers a surface area of 3,604 Vergée s (6.5 sq. km.). It borders four other parishes. Among the natural attractions of the parish is the feature known as the Devil's Hole (Lé Creux du Vis}, a crater in the cliffs of the coast to which the sea has access. The descent into the Devil's Hole used to be accessible to visitors and was a lucrative tourist attraction, but it has been closed off for decades. Following a shipwreck in 1851, when the ship's Figurehead washed up in the Devil's Hole, a statue of a Devil adapted from the figurehead was set up above the Hole. This wooden statue was replaced by a succession of modern versions in the 20th century. VINGTAINES The parish is divided into Vingtaine s for administrative purposes as follows: The parish forms one electoral district and elects one Deputy. DEMOGRAPHICS St. Mary has the smallest population of all the parishes in Jersey, having only 1,591 residents in 2001. REFERENCE EXTERNAL LINK Ste Mathie |
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