GERRANS PARISH

Introduction

Gerrans (Cornish: Gerens) is a coastal civil parish and village on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village adjoins Portscatho (the villages have almost merged into one but retain their identities) on the east side of the peninsula. The village is situated approximately seven miles (11 km) south-southeast of Truro.The name Gerrans derives from Gerent, a 6th-century Cornish saint. The parish runs north–south along the eastern side of the Roseland peninsula. It is bounded to the south and east by the sea, to the west by St Just in Roseland parish, and to the north by Philleigh parish. The population was 933 in the 2001 census, reducing to 794 at the 2011 census. Trewithian is the only settlement of any size in the parish apart from Gerrans and Portscatho. Gerrans lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	1,501 hectares
Population	834 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	56 people/km²
Mean age	51.1
Ward	St Goran, Tregony & the Roseland
District	Cornwall
Postcodes	TR2
ONS ID	E04011438