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Torteval, Guernsey

Parish in southwestern Guernsey

Summary

Parish in southwestern Guernsey

Field	Value
name	Torteval
native_name	Tortévas
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Parish
image_flag	Flag of Torteval Parish, Guernsey.svg
image_map	Parish of Torteval in Guernsey.svg
mapsize	150px
map_caption	Location of Torteval in Guernsey
subdivision_type	Crown Dependency
subdivision_name	Guernsey, Channel Islands
leader_title	Electoral district
leader_name	West
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	3.1
population_total	1017
population_as_of	2019
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	GMT
timezone1_DST	UTC+01
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Torteval (Guernésiais: Tortévas) is the smallest of the ten parishes of Guernsey, one of the western parishes. Its name comes from the Guernésiais words for "twisting valley". The parish is split in two by the parish of St. Pierre du Bois, with the part in the east known as Torteval. The detached peninsula to the west is named Pleinmont-Torteval. It includes the westernmost point in Guernsey, and a nature reserve. The reserve, designed for birds in the 1970s, was to be redeveloped for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.

In Guernésiais, people from Torteval were nicknamed "ânes à pid dé ch'fa", or "donkeys with horse's hooves".

In the centre of the parish is a church designed by John Wilson and built in 1818, with the oldest bell in the Channel 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. The current church has the tallest steeple in Guernsey, which is intended to be used as a sea mark. It was proposed in 1849 to install a light on the steeple, but after inspection by Trinity House it was found unsuitable.

The postal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY8.

The parish produces a regular magazine called Les Tortévalais.

Features

The features of the parish include:

Torteval Church ?
La Tables des Pions
Military:
- Parish war memorial is outside the parish church
- Fort Pezeries
- Les Tielles Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars
- Narron Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars
- Pleinmont Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars
- Ruined Watch-house, Pleinmont (mentioned in Victor Hugo's book 'The Toilers of the Sea')
- Pleinmont Observation Tower
- Batterie Dollmann
- German fortifications, built during the occupation 1940-45
A number of protected buildings
Bays
- Portelet (MCS recommended)
- Rocquaine
Pleinmont Point
Cliff paths
Abreuvoirs (places for cattle to drink)
Torteval nature reserve

The parish of Torteval hosts:

The Torteval Douzaine
Torteval scarecrow festival
TV relay tower
Hotels and restaurants
Countryside walks

Politics

Torteval comprises part of the West administrative division with Forest, St. Saviour's and St. Pierre-du-Bois

In the 2016 Guernsey general election there was a 3,188 or 74% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) being Al Brouard, Andrea Dudley-Owen, Emilie Yerby, David De Lisle and Shane Langlois.

References

"Torteval-Parish-Guernsey".
BBC Guernsey. (2011). "Torteval nature reserve to be renewed for jubilee". BBC News.
Berry, William. "The history of Guernsey from the remotest period of antiquity to the year 1814".
Dafter, Ray. (2003). "Guernsey Sentinel". Matfield Books.
"Behance".
"The Pleinmont Fairy Ring". BBC.
"Torteval Parish Memorial, Guernsey". Great War CI.
"Fort Pezeries". Visit Guernsey.
"Pleinmont Observation Tower". Visit Guernsey.
"NAVAL RANGE-FINDING TOWER (MP3)". Festung Guernsey.
"Batterie Dollman". Festung Guernsey.
"PROTECTED BUILDINGS". Environment - Guernsey government.
"Channel Islands Marine Conservation Society Recommended beaches". thebeachguide.co.uk.
"Guernsey Abreuvoirs". La Société Guernesiaise.
"In pictures: Scarecrows take over Torteval". BBC.
Dillon, Paddy. "Channel Island Walks". Cicerone Press Limited, 1999.

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