Southampton Parish, Bermuda

Southampton Parish indicates a 5.8 km ² Administrative Region of Bermuda with 6,724 inhabitants ( 2012).

The in German-speaking countries comparable to a county Parish is located in the southwest of the main island of Grand Bermuda Bermudian. For administrative district also includes some small, the north coast directly offshore islands in the Little Sound. Southampton Parish is bordered to the northwest by Sandys Parish, on the east by the Warwick Parish.

The administrative area is named Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton ( 1573-1624 ) after the English aristocrats.

One of the attractions in the Parish is the 35 meter high lighthouse built in 1844 Gibb 's Hill Lighthouse.