Jersey, officially known as the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwi…
Jersey, officially known as the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq.
Capital and largest parish: St Helier
Official languages: English · Jèrriais · French
Ethnic groups (2021): 44.4% Jersey · 30.5% British · 9.4% Portuguese · 3.0% Polish · 2.1% Irish · 1.4% Romanian · 5% Other European · 1.9% Asian · 0.9% African · 1.3% multiracial
Religion (2015): 52.3% Christianity · 23% Anglican · 22.5% Catholicism · 6.8% Other Christian · 39% No religion · 3% Other religion
Demonym(s): Islanders, Jerseyman, Jerseywoman, Jersey bean, Jersey crapaud, Jèrriais(e)
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