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Penzance
Penzance (; (コーンウォール語:Pennsans))〔Official Maga Placenames list, November 2012 ; (p. 520 )〕 is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. It is well known for being the most westerly major town in Cornwall〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7〕 and is approximately west of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel, is bordered to the west by the fishing port of Newlyn, to the north by the civil parish of Madron and to the east by the civil parish of Ludgvan.
The civil parish includes the town of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Gulval and Heamoor.
Granted various royal charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated in 1614,〔Penzance Charter of Incorporation dated 9 May 1614, held by Penzance Town Council〕 it has a population of 21,200 (2011 census).〔"(Town populations: Data from the 2011 Census (Office for National Statistics) built from Lower Layer Super Output Areas )". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 13 February 2013.〕
==Etymology==
Penzance has the same name with the same etymology as a homonymic village of Léon (Brittany), on the other side of the Channel, , pronounced ''Penzes'' in Breton. It refers to a word meaning in old Breton, essentially the same language as old Cornish, ''wrecking''.〔 J. Ch. Cassard, ''Les Bretons et la mer au Moyen Âge'', PUR, p. 160, n° 66, Rennes, 1998 ISBN 9782753526266.〕
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