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'''Alarm Forest''' is the newest of the eight districts of the island of [[Saint Helena]], part of the [[British Overseas Territories|British Overseas Territory]] of [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] in the South [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It is located southeast of [[Jamestown, Saint Helena|Jamestown]], in the interior of the island, and is the only district to lack a coastline.

==Description==
The terrain in the district is quite varied with steep ridges and a limited amount of flat ground, as befits the island's volcanic origin. The district was created in the early 1990s from parts of [[Jamestown, Saint Helena|Jamestown]] and [[Longwood, Saint Helena|Longwood]] Districts. There is no settlement by that name, however, as it was named after the gun [[battery (artillery)|battery]] that used to be fired when unidentified ships were spotted. It includes the areas of [[Briars, St Helena|The Briars]], Seaview, Two Gun Saddle, Hunts Vale, and Alarm Hill. Alarm Forest is the only district that does not border the ocean.<ref name=ah>{{cite web|title=Alarm Forest|url=http://sainthelenaisland.info/alarmforest.htm |website=sainthelenaisland.info|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> Its population has grown from 276 in 1998 to 289 in 2008<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Saint_Helena/Saint_Helena.pdf |title=PROVISIONAL RESULTS - POPULATION CENSUS 2008 |access-date=25 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629183023/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Saint_Helena/Saint_Helena.pdf |archive-date=2014-06-29 }}</ref> and 383 in 2016.<ref name="census2016">{{cite web|title=St Helena 2016 Population & Housing: Census Summary Report|url=http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Census-2016-Summary-Report.pdf|website=Census 2016|publisher=St Helena Statistics Office|accessdate=21 November 2016|page=12}}</ref>

Alarm Forest is mostly a [[Commuter town|bedroom community]] for Jamestown or Longwood, as the only major places of employment in the district are the headquarters of [[Cable & Wireless Worldwide|Sure South Atlantic]], with its large satellite dishes that connect Saint Helena to the outside world, and the St. Helena Distillery. The district lacks a community centre or a school, and the population looks to nearby Jamestown or Longwood for shopping and entertainment.<ref name=ah/>

==History==
[[Napoleon]] resided in the Briars, then in Jamestown, for several months in 1815 before being transferred to [[Longwood House]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Napoleon Bonaparte|url=http://sainthelenaisland.info/napoleon.htm|website=sainthelenaisland.info|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> He had selected a spot in Sane Valley as his burial site during one of his walks, and his tomb was built there after his death in 1821. Napoleon was reburied in 1840 in [[Les Invalides]] in [[Paris]]. The French government later purchased the site of the tomb and commemorates his death there every year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Napoleon's Tomb|url=http://sainthelenaisland.info/napoleonstomb.htm|website=sainthelenaisland.info|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref>

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==References==
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{{Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha}}

[[Category:Districts of Saint Helena]]
[[Category:Populated places in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]

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