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Jersey people have also emigrated to Great Britain. In the 1901 census in England and Wales, it is estimated that 12,000 people living there were Jersey-born. During World War II, due to the Occupation of Jersey, many Jersey people became refugees in England. In many places, Channel Island Societies were established to help refugee islanders ...
Rulers, politicians, soldiers. Sir Walter Raleigh, Governor of Jersey, 1600 to 1603. Fleur Anderson, British Labour politician (born 1971) Francis George Atkinson, First District Officer in Jesselton, British North Borneo (1874–1902) John George Bourinot, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia (1814–1884) William Bruce, Lieutenant (1890–1914)
t. e. The culture of Jersey is the culture of the Bailiwick of Jersey. Jersey has a mixed Franco - British culture; however, modern Jersey culture is very dominated by British cultural influences and has also been influenced by immigrant communities such as the Bretons and the Portuguese (mainly from Madeira).
Jersey (/ ˈdʒɜːrzi / JUR-zee; Jèrriais: Jèrri [ʒɛri]), officially known as the Bailiwick of Jersey, [ d ][ 12 ][ 13 ][ 14 ] is an island country in Northwestern Europe and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. [ 15 ][ 16 ][ 17 ] It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles (23 km) from ...
Jersey – the largest of the Channel Islands – has been an island for around 6,000 years. Early inhabitation is evidenced by various neolithic monuments and hoards. In the 10th century, Jersey became part of Normandy. When the Normans conquered England in the 11th century, Jersey remained a part of the Duchy of Normandy, but when Normandy ...
Demographics of Jersey. Jersey is the most populated of the crown dependencies and of the Channel Islands. The Demographic statistics of the island includes population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. The population of Jersey has grown in ...
A higher percentage of civilians died in the islands per head of pre-war population than in the UK. From the people who had left the Islands in 1939/40 and been evacuated in 1940, 10,418 islanders served with Allied forces. [6]: 294 Jersey citizens: of 5,978 who served, 516 died; Guernsey citizens: of 4,011 who served, 252 died
St Helier (/ ˈ h ɛ l i ər /; Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi; French: Saint-Hélier) is the Capital city of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.St Helier has a population of 35,822 [4] – over one-third of the total population of Jersey – and is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey.