Jersey

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Bailiwick of Jersey Bailliage de Jersey  (French) Bailliage dé Jèrri  (Norman)
Crown dependency
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "God Save the King"
Regional anthem: "Island Home"[1]
Location of  Jersey  (green) on the European continent  (dark grey)
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Separation from the Duchy of Normandy	1204
Capital and largest city	Saint Helier 49°11.4′N 2°6.6′W / 49.1900°N 2.1100°W / 49.1900; -2.1100
Official languages	English French Jèrriais
Common languages	Portuguese and Polish
Ethnic groups (2011)	46.4% Jersey 32.7% British 8.2% Portuguese 3.3% Polish 2.4% Irish 0.9% French 3.8% Other European 1.3% Asian 0.4% African 0.7% multiracial[2]
Religion	Church of England
Government	Parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charles III
• Lieutenant Governor	Stephen Dalton
• Bailiff	Tim Le Cocq[3]
• Chief Minister	John Le Fondré Jr
Legislature	States Assembly
Area
• Total	118.2 km2 (45.6 sq mi) (unranked)
• Water (%)	0
Highest elevation	469 ft (143 m)
Population
• 2019 estimate	106,800[4] (198th)
• Density	819/km2 (2,121.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	$6.0 billion (£4.57 billion)[5] (not ranked)
• Per capita	$60,000 (£45,783) (not ranked)
HDI (2008)	0.985[6] very high · not ranked
Currency	Pound sterling Jersey pound (£) (GBP)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (BST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Mains electricity	230 V–50 Hz
Driving side	left
Calling code	+44
UK postcode	JE1 – JE5
ISO 3166 code	JE
Internet TLD	.je

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Jersey is an island in the English Channel off the northwest coast of France. It is a Crown Dependency of the British monarchy. Jersey is a bailiwick. The Bailiwick of Jersey also includes the islands of the Minquiers and Écréhous, where nobody lives. The other islands of the Channel Islands belong to the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The country code (also used for internet) is JE.

Over 106 000 people live on the main island. Thirty per cent of them live in its only town, Saint Helier.

Along with English and French, more than two thousand people speak Jèrriais, a local variation of the Norman language.

1. ↑ "Anthem for Jersey". www.gov.je."Anthem for Jersey". www.gov.je.
2. ↑ "Bulletin 2: Place of birth, ethnicity, length of residency, marital status" (PDF). Retrieved 12 September 2013.
3. ↑ "Members". statesassembly.gov.je. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
4. ↑ "Jersey facts and figures".
5. ↑ "Measuring Jersey's Economy" (PDF). 28 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
6. ↑ Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009