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![[St Helier]](../images/j/je-xhe.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 8 May 2010
based on photo at:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki
See also:
At
http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/geraint/jerriais/couljer.html and at
http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/geraint/helier/sinel.html a flag of St.
Helier parish is mentioned and depicted. It is the usual British 3:5 banner of
arms of the parish arms: azure two axes or crossed saltirewise pointing upwards
and inwards.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 January 2006
Saint Helier (French: Saint-Hélier, Jèrriais: St Hélyi) is one of
the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the
English Channel. St. Helier is the capital of the Island (although
Government House is situated in St. Saviour). The urban area of the parish
of St. Helier makes up most of the largest town in Jersey, although some of
the town area is situated in adjacent St. Saviour, with suburbs sprawling
into St. Lawrence and St. Clement. The greater part of St. Helier is
predominantly rural.
The parish crest is two crossed gold axes on a blue background, symbolising
the martyrdom of Helier and the sea. The two axes commemorate the beheading
by Saxon Pirates in AD 555 of St Helier, Patron saint of Jersey. The Parish
flag is two crossed gold axes on a blue background.
Photo:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Châté_Lîzabé_Fort_Charles_couleu_d'Saint_Hélyi_e.jpg
Jens Pattke, 8 May 2010
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