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St Peter Port, Guernsey, from the south

St Peter Port St Peter Port is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and that island's main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port: the "port" distinguishes this parish from St Peter's (Saint Pierre Du Bois). St Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes. It is known that a trading post and town has existed here since before Roman times, the pre-Christian name of which has not survived into the modern era. People from St Peter Port were nicknamed "les Villais" (the townspeople) or "cllichards" in Guernésiais. (Read more)