Bailiwick of Jersey |
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Location of Jersey (dark green)
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Status | Crown dependency | ||||
Capital and largest city |
Saint Helier 49°11.401′N 2°06.600′W / 49.190017°N 2.110000°W |
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Official languages | |||||
Recognised regional languages | Jèrriais | ||||
Ethnic groups (2011) | |||||
Government | Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy | ||||
• Monarch
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Queen Elizabeth II | ||||
Stephen Dalton | |||||
• Bailiff
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William Bailhache | ||||
Ian Gorst | |||||
Legislature | States of Jersey | ||||
Establishment | |||||
• Administrative separation from mainland Normandy
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1204 |
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• Liberation from German occupation
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9 May 1945 |
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Area | |||||
• Total
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118.2 km2 (45.6 sq mi) (227th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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0 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2014 estimate
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100,080 (198th) | ||||
• Density
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819/km2 (2,121.2/sq mi) (13thb) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$6.00 billion (£4.07 billion) | ||||
• Per capita
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$60,000 (£40,667) | ||||
HDI (2008) |
0.985 very high · not ranked |
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Currency | Pound sterlingc (GBP) | ||||
Time zone | GMTd | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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GMT+1 (UTC+1) | ||||
Drives on the | left | ||||
Calling code | +44 | ||||
Patron saint | St. Helier | ||||
ISO 3166 code | JE | ||||
Internet TLD | .je | ||||
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Jersey (/ˈdʒɜːrzi/, French: [ʒɛʁzɛ]; Jèrriais: Jèrri dʒɛri), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (French: Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a Crown dependency of the United Kingdom located near the coast of Normandy, France. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.
The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs. Although the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United Kingdom.