Coordinates: 49°11′24″N 2°6′36″W / 49.19000°N
2.11000°W / 49.19000; -2.11000Jersey (/ˈdÊ'ÉœË rzi/ JUR-zee,
French: [Ê'É›Ê zÉ›] (listen); Jèrriais: Jèrri [dÊ'É›ri]), officially
the Bailiwick of Jersey (French: Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais:
Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a British Crown dependency near the coast of
Normandy, France. It is the second-closest of the Channel Islands to
France, after Alderney.Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose
dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was
lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title
surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained
attached to the English crown.The bailiwick consists of the island of
Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding
uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les
Écréhous, Les Minquiers, Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs.
Although the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to
collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a
constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship
to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the
Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United
Kingdom.
2.11000°W / 49.19000; -2.11000Jersey (/ˈdÊ'ÉœË rzi/ JUR-zee,
French: [Ê'É›Ê zÉ›] (listen); Jèrriais: Jèrri [dÊ'É›ri]), officially
the Bailiwick of Jersey (French: Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais:
Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a British Crown dependency near the coast of
Normandy, France. It is the second-closest of the Channel Islands to
France, after Alderney.Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose
dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was
lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title
surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained
attached to the English crown.The bailiwick consists of the island of
Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding
uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les
Écréhous, Les Minquiers, Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs.
Although the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to
collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a
constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship
to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the
Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United
Kingdom.
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