Anthem: "God Save the King" | |
Regional anthem: "Island Home" | |
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 |
Official languages | |
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 |
Religion | Church of England |
Government | Parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
Stephen Dalton | |
• Bailiff | Tim Le Cocq |
John Le Fondré Jr | |
Legislature | States Assembly |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (unranked) |
• Water (%) | 0 |
Highest elevation | 469 ft (143 m) |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 106,800 (198th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $6.0 billion (£4.57 billion) (not ranked) |
• Per capita | $60,000 (£45,783) (not ranked) |
HDI (2008) | 0.985 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 | |
ISO 3166 code | JE |
Internet TLD | .je |
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.