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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 (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is the largest of the Channel Islands, an island archipelago in the St. Malo bight [2] in the western English Channel. It has a total area of 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) and is part of the British Isles archipelago. It lies 22 kilometres (12 nmi; 14 mi) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy, France and about ...
Channel Islands. The Channel Islands[note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands. Historically ...
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 ...
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.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jersey: Jersey – British Crown dependency [1] located in the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy. [2] [3] As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes the nearby uninhabited islands of the Minquiers, Écréhous, the Pierres de Lecq [4] and other ...
The parishes of Jersey (Jerriais: Les pâraisses dé Jèrri) are the civil and religious administrative districts of Jersey in the Channel Islands. All have access to the sea and share a name with their ancient parish churches. [1] The parishes and roles within them are based on ancient Jersey law, drawing from the Norman customary law system.
Great Britain: Channel Islands in Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology by Eldridge M. Moores, Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge, Published 1997 by Springer pp 276–277. John Renouf: Geological excursion guide 1: Jersey and Guernsey, Channel Islands in Geology Today volume 1 number 3 1985; Dr Ralph Nichols: Jersey Geology Trail