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Sennen (''Cornish: Sen Senan'' or ''Sen Senana'') is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles (13 km) west-southwest of Penzance.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7〕 Sennen parish is bounded by the sea to the west and bordered by the parishes of St Just to the north, St Buryan to the east, St Levan to the south and by the sea to the west.〔 The Longships group of rocky islets situated off Lands End are also within the parish.〔() Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved June 2010〕 The main settlements are Churchtown, Trevescan, Carn Towan, Sennen Cove and Land's End. For the purposes of local government Sennen elects a parish council every four years. The main local authority is Cornwall Council. ==Geography== Sennen parish is situated at the western tip of the Penwith peninsula〔 and is exposed to prevailing westerly winds from the Atlantic. Geologically, it is located on the Land's End Granite, one of the five major granite batholiths that make up the spine of Cornwall (''see Geology of Cornwall''). Consequently, the parish has a bare moorland-like character with very few trees and no woodland.〔 The parish consists of of land, of water and of foreshore. The population was 829 at the 2001 census.〔() GENUKI website; Sennen. Retrieved June 2010〕 The church town, Sennen, is the most westerly village in mainland England and is west-southwest of London. Below the village is the harbour settlement of Sennen Cove. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sennen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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