Le Crapaud — "The Toad" — is a bronze statue erected in honour of the peculiar nickname the French have long applied to Jersey people. The islanders are called "crapauds" (toads) in Norman-French tradition, supposedly because of the abundance of toads on the island compared to neighbouring Guernsey, whose residents are nicknamed "donkeys." The Jerseyans have, with good humour, adopted the insult and made it a mascot.
The statue stands in the town centre and is small enough to be easy to miss. Finding it is a pleasant excuse to wander the back streets off King Street and away from the main shopping drag. It is the kind of local oddity that tells you more about a place than most formal monuments.