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Capital:
St Helier.
Area: 116.2
sq km (44.9 sq miles).
Population
of Jersey: 87,186 (2001).
Population
of St. Helier: 28,310 (2001)
Population Density: 750.3 per sq km.
Geography:
Jersey is the largest of the Channel
Islands, lying approximately 160km (100 miles) south of
the coast of England and 23km (14 miles) from the
coast of Normandy in France.
The island is roughly 14.5km (9 miles) by 8km (5 miles) and it slopes
from north to south and often appears to visitors to be largely
composed of pink granite. Jersey has over twenty
bays, many harbours and magnificent beaches bathed by the warm waters
of the Gulf Stream.
Government:
Dependency of the British Crown.
Head
of State: Queen Elizabeth II, represented locally by the Lieutenant-Governor
Michael Wilkes.
Head of Government: Bailiff Sir
Philip Bailhache since 1995.
Language
: English is the official language. A dialect of Norman-French is
still spoken by some. French is still used in courts on Jersey.
Religion : Each of Jersey’s
parishes has its own Anglican church, but some parishes, particularly
St Helier, have been subdivided to provide more than one centre
for Church of England worship. There are twelve Roman Catholic and
18 Methodist churches, as well as a wide range of free churches.
Time : GMT (GMT + 1 from
last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October).
Electricity : 240 volts
AC, 50Hz.
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