It is built on a plain surrounded by three hills,
Għammar,
Gelmus and
Ta' Dbieġi. The latter, Ta' Dbieġi, rises 195 metres above sea level and is Gozo's highest point. San Lawrenz was established a parish on 15 March 1893. Before this date, the area was known as
Ta' Ċangura. Until San Lawrenz was declared a parish in 1893, it formed part of the neighbourhood of
Għarb. With a population of 748 people (as of March 2014), it is the second least populated village on Gozo and third least in all of the
Maltese Islands. The village's
football team is called
St. Lawrence Spurs. ==Twin towns – sister cities==