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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guernsey: The

Bailiwick of Guernsey The Bailiwick of Guernsey (french: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: ''Bailliage dé Guernési'') is an island country off the coast of France as one of the three Crown Dependencies. Separated from the Duchy of Normandy by and under the t ...

– British Crown dependency located in the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy. As well as the

Isle of Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands, ...

, the

bailiwick A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. The bailiwick is probably modelled on th ...

also comprises

Alderney Alderney (; french: Aurigny ; Auregnais: ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The island's area is , making it the third-largest ...

, Sark,

Herm Herm (Guernésiais: , ultimately from Old Norse 'arm', due to the shape of the island, or Old French 'hermit') is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located in the English ...

Jethou Jethou ( ) is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased from the Crown, and not open to the public. Resembling the top of a wooded knoll it is immediately south of Herm and covers a ...

, Brecqhou,

Burhou Burhou (pronounced ''ber-ROO'') is a small island about northwest of Alderney that is part of the Channel Islands. It has no permanent residents, and is a bird sanctuary, so landing there is banned from March 15 to August 1. The island's wildli ...

, Lihou and other islets. Although the defence of all these islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom, Guernsey is not part of the UK but rather a separate possession of the Crown, comparable to the Isle of Man. Guernsey is also not part of the European Union. The island of Guernsey is divided into ten parishes. Together with the

Bailiwick of Jersey A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. The bailiwick is probably modelled on the ...

, it is included in the collective grouping known as the Channel Islands. Guernsey belongs to the Common Travel Area.

General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common English country name:

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

* Official English country name: The

* Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): *

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(s): * Etymology: Name of Guernsey * ISO country codes: GG, GGY, 831 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GG * Internet country code top-level domain:

.gg .gg is the country code top-level domain for the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The domain is administered by Island Networks, who also administer the .je domain for neighbouring territory Jersey. The domain was chosen as other possible codes were al ...

Geography of Guernsey

Geography of Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown Dependencies, British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of t ...

* Guernsey is: A British Crown dependency * Location: **

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and Western Hemisphere *** Europe ****

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** Atlantic Ocean *** English Channel ** Time zone: Western European Time or Greenwich Mean Time (

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), Western European Summer Time or

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( UTC+01) ** Extreme points of Guernsey *** High:

Le Moulin Le Moulin is the highest point in Sark and is also the highest point of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, with an altitude of 114 metres (374 ft). See also * Geog ...

on Sark *** Low: English Channel 0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: 50 km * Population of Guernsey: 65,150 (March 2014) - 189th most populous country * * Area of Guernsey: 78 km² * Atlas of Guernsey

Environment of Guernsey

* Climate of Guernsey * Geology of Guernsey * Protected areas of Guernsey ** Dark Sky Community, Sark from 2011 **

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sites

Natural geographic features of Guernsey

* World Heritage Sites in Guernsey: None

Regions of Guernsey

Administrative divisions of Guernsey

* Parishes of Guernsey

= Municipalities of Guernsey

= *

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of Guernsey: St Peter Port

Demography of Guernsey

Demographics of Guernsey

Government and politics of Guernsey

Politics of Guernsey Politics of Guernsey take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Crown dependency. Guernsey has an unwritten constitution arising from the Treaty of Paris (1259). When Henry III and the King of France came to t ...

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: parliamentary

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British Crown dependency *

of Guernsey: St Peter Port *

Elections in Guernsey Guernsey elects a legislature at the national level. The islands of Alderney and Sark also elect their own parliaments. Guernsey The Guernsey legislature, the States of Deliberation, consists of 38 elected members (known as Deputies) and two rep ...

Political parties in Guernsey Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Branches of the government of Guernsey

Government of Guernsey

Executive branch of the government of Guernsey

* Head of state:

Bailiff of Guernsey The title Bailiff of Guernsey has been used since at least the 13th century and indicated the leading citizen of Guernsey. The 90th and current Bailiff is Richard McMahon. History A ''Bailli'', the early Norman name for Bailiff was the perso ...

, * Head of government: Chief Minister, * Cabinet of Guernsey: Policy Council of Guernsey

Legislative branch of the government of Guernsey

Parliament of Guernsey The States of Guernsey (french: États de Guernesey), sometimes referred to as the Government of Guernsey, is the parliament and government of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guern ...

( Unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Guernsey

Courts of Guernsey The Courts of Guernsey are responsible for the administration of justice in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. They apply the law of the Island, which is a mixture of customary law dating back as far as the 10th century and l ...

* Royal Court

Foreign relations of Guernsey

Foreign relations of Guernsey * Diplomatic missions in Guernsey

International organization membership

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a member of: * British-Irish Council (BIC) * Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Law and order in Guernsey

Law of Guernsey * Constitution of Guernsey * Crime in Guernsey * Human rights in Guernsey **

LGBT rights in Guernsey Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the British Crown dependency of Guernsey have improved significantly in the past decades. Same-sex sexual activity for both men and women is legal in Guernsey. Same-sex marriage has been ...

** Freedom of religion in Guernsey * Law enforcement in Guernsey

Military of Guernsey

Military of Guernsey * Command ** Commander-in-chief: ***

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* Military history of Guernsey ** Channel Islands Occupation Society **

German occupation of the Channel Islands The military occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey are two island countries and British ...

** Royal Guernsey Militia ** Royal Guernsey Light Infantry **

Fortifications of Guernsey The island of Guernsey has been fortified for several thousand years, the number of defence locations and complexity of the defence increasing with time, manpower and the improvements in weapons and tactics. Being in the front line of many wars, ...

Fortifications of Alderney Apart from a Roman Fort, there were very few fortifications in Alderney until the mid 19th century. These were then modified and updated in the mid 20th Century by Germans during the occupation period. Alderney at 8 km2 is now one of the most f ...

Local government in Guernsey

States of Guernsey The States of Guernsey (french: États de Guernesey), sometimes referred to as the Government of Guernsey, is the parliament and government of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guern ...

States of Alderney The States of Alderney (French: ''États d'Aurigny'') is the parliament/council and the legislature of Alderney, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The origin of the States is unknown, but has operated from the medieval period. The States of A ...

** Chief Pleas Sark

History of Guernsey

History of Guernsey The history of Guernsey stretches back to evidence of prehistoric habitation and settlement and encompasses the development of its modern society. Prehistory Around 6000 BC, rising sea created the English Channel and separated the Norman pr ...

* Timeline of the history of Guernsey * Current events of Guernsey *

* German fortification of Guernsey *

Maritime history of the Channel Islands The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of France. The largest island is Jersey, followed by Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and a number of smaller islands, islets and rocky outcrops. The islands were separated from mainland Europe with ...

Culture of Guernsey

Culture of Guernsey The culture of Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a culture which has been shaped by its indigenous Norman language and traditions as well as French (especially Norman) and British (especially English) cultural influences. Cultural tren ...

* Architecture of Guernsey * Cuisine of Guernsey ** Guernsey Bean Jar **

Guernsey Gâche Guernsey Gâche () is a local dish of the Channel Island of Guernsey. It is a special bread made with raisins, sultanas, cherries and mixed peel. In Guernésiais Guernésiais, also known as ''Dgèrnésiais'', Guernsey French, and Guernsey ...

* Festivals in Guernsey ** Viaer Marchi ** Guernsey Festival of Performing Arts * Languages of Guernsey * Media in Guernsey **

Guernsey Press and Star The ''Guernsey Press and Star'', more commonly known as the ''Guernsey Press'' is the only daily newspaper published in Guernsey. History The ''Guernsey Evening Press'' was first published in 1897. In 1951 it purchased the struggling ''Guernsey ...

** BBC Radio Guernsey **

Island FM Island FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting across the Bailiwick of Guernsey on 104.7FM and 93.7FM in Alderney. Launched in 1992, Island FM remains the sole commercial station in the island and continues to be extremely success ...

** ITV Channel Television *

National symbols of Guernsey Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the Crown Dependencies (the Channel ...

** Coat of arms of Guernsey **

Flag of Guernsey The flag of Guernsey was adopted in 1985 and consists of the red Saint George's Cross with an additional gold Norman cross within it. The creation was prompted by confusion at international sporting events over competitors from Guernsey and Eng ...

** National anthem of Guernsey * People of Guernsey *

Public holidays in Guernsey This is a list of public holidays in Guernsey. Also, Alderney observes the first Monday of August as Summer Bank Holiday, and 15 December as Homecoming Day, commemorating the day in 1945 when evacuated residents returned to the island after ...

* Records of Guernsey * Religion in Guernsey **

List of churches, chapels and meeting halls in the Channel Islands This is a list of churches, chapels and meeting halls in the Channel Islands First millennium Although there are indications that missionary efforts created small places of Christian worship in various places in the islands before 450 A.D. the ...

** Islam in Guernsey * World Heritage Sites in Guernsey: None

Art in Guernsey

* Art in Guernsey * Cinema of Guernsey * Literature of Guernsey **

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

*** Toilers of the Sea *** Les Misérables ***

Hauteville House Hauteville House is a house where Victor Hugo lived during his exile from France, located at 38 Rue Hauteville in St. Peter Port in Guernsey. In March 1927, the centenary year of Romanticism, Hugo's descendants Jeanne, Jean, Marguerite and Fra ...

Ebenezer Le Page Ebenezer Le Page is the lead character in the novel ''The Book of Ebenezer Le Page'' by Gerald Basil Edwards, G. B. Edwards. The book takes the form of an autobiography of an Archetype, archetypal Guernseyman who lives through the dramatic changes ...

*** The Book of Ebenezer Le Page * Music of Guernsey * Television in Guernsey * Theatre in Guernsey

Sports in Guernsey

Sports in Guernsey *

Football in Guernsey Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Guernsey F.C. Guernsey Football Club is a community football club located in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The club was formed in 2011 and became a member of the Combined Counties Football League Division One for the 2011–12 season. Histor ...

Jackson League The FNB Jackson League is a Guernsey, (Channel Islands) amateur league for association football clubs. It is the reserve league for Priaulx League clubs in Guernsey along with Bavaria Nomads from Alderney and Centrals, with no automatic relegatio ...

Priaulx League The Priaulx League is the senior football league on the island of Guernsey, and is run by the Guernsey Football League Management LBG, (prior to 2016 the Guernsey Football Association). Although the league is affiliated with the English FA, ...

Guernsey Rovers A.C. Guernsey Rovers A.C. is a multi sport based on the Channel Island of Guernsey at Port Soif. Football, Cricket and Archery currently take place on the 11 acres that make up their Port Soif home with 7 acres maintained for sport. The Football te ...

Vale Recreation F.C. Vale Recreation F.C. is a football club which was formed in 1932 by Wilfred J. Corbet and is based in the Channel Island of Guernsey. The club is affiliated to the Guernsey Football Association and plays in its leagues; the club has won the t ...

Sark football team The Sark football team represented the Channel Island of Sark in football. The official team for the island of Sark, Sark FC, was created at the beginning of 2001. The club appears to have folded in 2018. Football was first played on Sark in th ...

Muratti Vase The Muratti Vase is an annual men's and women's football competition, inaugurated in 1905, between teams representing the Channel Islands of Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. The larger islands of Guernsey and Jersey dominate the competition, wit ...

Cricket in Guernsey Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

Guernsey cricket team The Guernsey cricket team is the team that represents the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency in international cricket. They became a member in 2005 and an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2008. History 20 ...

Inter-insular match Inter-Insular cricket refers to cricket contests between representative teams of Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. An inter-insular match has been played annually between the two sides since 1950 and often attracts crowds above 1,000. It ...

* Guernsey at the Olympics * Guernsey at the Island Games * Motor Racing in Guernsey ** Val des Terres Hill Climb * Rugby in Guernsey **

Guernsey RFC Guernsey Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby union team who play at Footes Lane in St Peter Port on the Channel Island of Guernsey. The club was formed in 1928. The club runs two senior teams, a veterans side and a colts side. Their first ...

Siam Cup The Siam Cup is an annual rugby union competition held between the Channel Islands clubs of Jersey Reds and Guernsey. It was first contested in 1920. The trophy is the second oldest rugby trophy in the world to be contested after the Calcutta ...

* Sport Facilities in Guernsey **

Footes Lane Footes Lane is a multi-use sports stadium in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey and is the main sports venue on the island. It has a capacity of 5,000 with 720 seated. The stadium is the national stadium of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Usage The sta ...

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The Corbet Field The Corbet Field is a multi-use stadium in St Sampson, Guernsey. It is currently used for football matches and Crown Green Bowling. The field is the home of Vale Recreation FC, Vale Recreation Bowls Club and serves as the home of the Gu ...

Economy and infrastructure of Guernsey

Economy of Guernsey * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 151st (one hundred and fifty first) * Agriculture in Guernsey **

Golden Guernsey The Golden Guernsey is a rare breed of dairy goat from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, where it has been known for more than two hundred years. History Golden-coloured goats have been known in Guernsey for some two hundred years; the fi ...

** Guernsey cattle * Banking in Guernsey ** National Bank of Guernsey *

Communications in Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands, ...

** Internet in Guernsey * Companies of Guernsey * Currency of Guernsey:

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: n/a (informally GGP) * Energy in Guernsey ** Energy policy of Guernsey ** Guernsey Electricity **

Channel Islands Electricity Grid The Channel Islands Electricity Grid (CIEG) is the joint company set up in 1998 between Guernsey Electricity and Jersey Electricity to operate and manage the submarine cables between mainland Europe and the Channel Islands. The grid physically com ...

** Oil industry in Guernsey * Health care in Guernsey * Mining in Guernsey * Regulators in Guernsey ** Guernsey Financial Services Commission *

Stock Exchange A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for th ...

* Tourism in Guernsey *

Transport in Guernsey Guernsey is the second largest of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Common Travel Area, allowing passport-free travel to and from the United Kingdom or Jersey. Travel to and from mainland Europe requires a passport or an EU national identit ...

** Airports in Guernsey **

Rail transport in Guernsey There have been two railways within the state territories of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency comprising six inhabited islands. * The Guernsey Railway operated from 1879 to 1934 on the principal island, Guernsey. * The A ...

** Alderney Railway ** Roads in Guernsey

Education in Guernsey

Education in Guernsey Education in the Bailiwick of Guernsey is the combined education systems of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. In Guernsey, it is overseen by the Education Section of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture, part of the States of Guernsey. The ...

List of schools in Guernsey Education in the Bailiwick of Guernsey is the combined education systems of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. In Guernsey, it is overseen by the Education Section of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture, part of the States of Guernsey. The Sta ...

References

External links

States of Guernsey
- official government site
VisitGuernsey/ Guernsey TourismBBC Guernsey
- local features and news
This Is Guernsey
- information and news from the Guernsey Press and Star
The Guille-Allès Library
- public library
The Priaulx Library
- local studies library
La Société GuernesiaiseThe Guernsey Society
- a network for Guernsey people worldwide
Donkipedia
- a wiki dedicated to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, its people, places and history
Map of Guernsey
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