Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Guernsey is a British crown dependency, but is not part of the UK. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation.

Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
49 28 N, 2 35 W
Europe
total: 78 sq km ; land: 78 sq km ; water: 0 sq km ; note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
about one-half the size of Washington, DC
0 km
50 km
territorial sea: 3 nm ; exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
mostly level with low hills in southwest
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m ; highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
cropland
arable land: NA% ; permanent crops: NA% ; other: NA%
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large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
65,573 (July 2007 est.)
0-14 years: 14.8% (male 4,914/female 4,784) ; 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 21,897/female 22,298) ; 65 years and over: 17.8% (male 4,955/female 6,725) (2007 est.)
total: 41.7 years ; male: 40.7 years ; female: 42.6 years (2007 est.)
0.239% (2007 est.)
8.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female ; under 15 years: 1.027 male(s)/female ; 15-64 years: 0.982 male(s)/female ; 65 years and over: 0.737 male(s)/female ; total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
total: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births ; male: 5.12 deaths/1,000 live births ; female: 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
total population: 80.53 years ; male: 77.53 years ; female: 83.64 years (2007 est.)
1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)
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noun: Channel Islander(s) ; adjective: Channel Islander
UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
definition: NA ; total population: NA% ; male: NA% ; female: NA%


conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey ; conventional short form: Guernsey
parliamentary democracy
name: Saint Peter Port ; geographic coordinates: 49 27 N, 2 32 W ; time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) ; daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint Saviour, Torteval, Vale

none (British crown dependency)
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; justice is administered by the Royal Court
18 years of age; universal
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Fabian MALBON (since 28 October 2005) ; head of government: Chief Minister Michael W. TORODE (since 5 March 2007) ; cabinet: Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation ; elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Deliberation ; election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA
unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for four years); note - Alderney and Sark have parliaments ; elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held in 2008) ; election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents
Royal Court
none; all independents
none
UPU
white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross
none (British crown dependency)
none (British crown dependency)
British crown dependency




Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 23% of employment and 32% of total income in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Financial services, construction, retail, and the public sector have been growing. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the environment under which Guernsey operates.
$2.742 billion (2005)
$2.742 billion (2005)
3% (2005 est.)
$44,600 (2005)
agriculture: 3% ; industry: 10% ; services: 87% (2000)
31,470 (March 2006)

0.9% (March 2006 est.)
NA%
lowest 10%: NA% ; highest 10%: NA%

3.4% (June 2006)

revenues: $563.6 million ; expenditures: $530.9 million (2005 est.)

tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
tourism, banking
NA%
NA kWh
fossil fuel: NA ; hydro: NA ; nuclear: NA ; other: NA
NA kWh
0 kWh (2002)
0 kWh (2002)











$NA
tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
$NA
UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)


$NA



British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound
GBP
Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003) ; note: the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
calendar year
$NA
45,100 (2005)
43,800 (2004)
general assessment: NA ; domestic: NA ; international: 1 submarine cable
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
NA
1 (1997)
NA
.gg
2,734 (2007)
NA
36,000 (2005)

2 (2007)
total: 2 ; 914 to 1,523 m: 1 ; under 914 m: 1 (2007)




total: NA


Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson







defense is the responsibility of the UK
none



