St Blazey
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 Station Road, St. Blazey | |
  St Blazey Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 4,674 (Civil Parish, 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SX069548 |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PAR |
| Postcode district | PL24 |
| Dialling code | 01726 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
St Blazey (Cornish: Lanndreth) is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
St Blaise is the civil parish in which St Blazey is situated; the name St Blaise is also used by the town council. The village of Biscovey and the settlements of St Blazey Gate, Bodelva and West Par lie within the parish boundaries.[1] An electoral ward named after the town also exists. The population at the 2011 census was 4,674.[2]
Once an important engineering centre for the local mine and railway industries, the parish is now dominated by the Eden Project.
St Blazey is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) east of St Austell, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Tywardreath and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Par.[3]
The town takes its name from the Armenian Saint Blaise and holds a procession and service on his feast day, 3 February.[4]
- ^ "Cornwall Council interactive mapping website". Cornwall County Council. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map 107 – St Austell & Liskeard: Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel. ISBN 978-0-319-23708-3.
- ^ Gilbert, Davies; Hals, William; Tonkin, Thomas; Boase, Henry Samuel (1838), The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume I, retrieved 4 February 2012