St Just in Penwith

50.125277777778 - 5.6780555555556Koordinaten: 50 ° 8 ' N, 5 ° 41 ' W

St Just in Penwith ( Cornish: Lanust ) is a city in the former Penwith District of Cornwall in England and lies on the Irish Sea. It includes also the villages of Pendeen, Kelynack and Trewellard. In the northwest, it borders the municipality of Morvah, Sancreed and Madron to the east and to the south by the municipalities of St Buryan and Sennen. The metropolitan area has a size of 30.8 square kilometers and is located approximately 13 km west of Penzance along the A3071. St Just is also located near Cape Cornwall, a headland which was once considered as the most westerly point of England.

Since 2010, St Just has twinned with Huelgoat in Brittany.

St Just was the metropolitan center of one of the oldest mining regions, the St Just Mining District, Cornwall. Due to the many mines in the area, the population rose from 2,779 in a short time in 1801 to 9,290 in 1861. The remains of the former and modern mining industry have a significant impact on the surrounding countryside. After the deposits were exhausted or the market price of the degradation was unprofitable, the mines were closed and many residents of the region had to emigrate. The remains of these monuments are visible everywhere in the region around St Just. Two mines in the immediate vicinity, the Levant Mine, in which a functional balance- steam machine can be inspected and equipped with a modern visitor center Geevor Mine have become a visitor attraction.

Some sources say the name of St Just is derived from the missionary Justus. This was sent at the request of Augustine of Canterbury by Pope Gregory the Great to England to evangelize the Saxons. This was both the first bishop of Rochester and Archbishop of Canterbury.