Vale, Guernsey

Geographical location

Le Clos du Valle is a peninsula that forms the northeast of the island of Guernsey. Until 1806 Le Clos du Valle was a tidal island, which was separated from the actual island of Guernsey by the tidal channel La Braye du Valle. This tidal creek in 1806 by the British Government for defense purposes filled ( against France ), so that the tidal island to the peninsula. The peninsula forms the larger part of the two parts of the territory of the municipality ( parish ) Vale. The smaller part of the territory of the municipality southwest of the peninsula is called Vingtaine de l' Epine. The two parts of the territory are separated by the territory of the commune of Saint Sampson, forms its northern boundary of the former La Braye du Valle.

The peninsula is at most 4.3 km wide at the narrowest point, the earlier in the La Braye du Valle, however, only 2.1 km. The length is 3.2 km, and the surface area of ​​about seven square kilometers.