Jersey

Jersey (/ˈdʒɜːrzi/ JUR-zee, French: [ʒɛʁzɛ] (About this soundlisten); Jèrriais: Jèrri [dʒɛri]), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (French: Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is an island and self-governing British Crown Dependency[10] near the coast of north-west France.[11] It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.[12] The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles,[13] Les Écréhous,[13] Les Minquiers,[14] and Les Pierres de Lecq.[15] Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. Af...View all