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Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France.
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is a small island within the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the , with a population of 492 in 2015 and an area of little more than 2 square miles.

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is part of the Balliwick of Guernsey, and at 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide it's the third largest of the , with a population in 2018 of 2019.

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is an island measuring 1½ miles north-south by half a mile east-west, so it's the smallest of the publicly-accessible . It's part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and lies 3 miles east of that island.

Guernsey

Latitude of center
49.4566° or 49° 27′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
-2.5822° or 2° 34′ 56″ west
Population
65,200
Area
78 km² (30 miles²)
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Capital
St Peter Port
Currency
Pound (GBP)
Phone code
.gg
Internet domain
+44-1481
United Nations Location Code
GG GCI
Open­Street­Map ID
node 115654203
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
3042362
Wiki­data ID
Q25230
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Guernsey” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Guernsey”
  • Afrikaans: “Guernsey”
  • Albanian: “Gernsej”
  • Albanian: “Guernsey”
  • Amharic: “ገርንዚ”
  • Amharic: “ጉርነሲ”
  • Angika: “गुएनर्से”
  • Arabic: “بيليويك غويرنسي”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة جرنزي”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة جيرنزي”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة غيرنزي”
  • Arabic: “غيرنزي”
  • Arabic: “غيرنسى”
  • Aragonese: “Guernési”
  • Aragonese: “Guernsey”
  • Armenian: “Գերնսի”
  • Arpitan: “Guèrnesê”
  • Arpitan: “Guèrneseyi”
  • Assamese: “গোৰেনচি”
  • Asturian: “Guérnesei”
  • Asturian: “Guernsey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gernsi”
  • Basque: “Guernesey”
  • Basque: “Guernsey”
  • Basque: “Guernseyko Bailegoa”
  • Bavarian: “Guernsey”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Гернсі”
  • Belarusian: “Гернсі”
  • Bengali: “গার্নসি”
  • Bengali: “গুয়ার্নসি”
  • Betawi: “Gèrensi”
  • Bhojpuri: “बालिविक ऑफ गुएर्नसी”
  • Bishnupriya: “গুৱেরেনসি”
  • Bosnian: “Guernsey”
  • Bosnian: “Gvernzi”
  • Breton: “Gwernenez”
  • Bulgarian: “Гернзи”
  • Bulgarian: “Гърнзи”
  • Bulgarian: “Гърнси”
  • Burmese: “ဂွန်းဇီ”
  • Catalan: “Guernesey”
  • Catalan: “Guernsey”
  • Chechen: “Гернси”
  • Cherokee: “ᎬᏂᏏ”
  • Chinese: “Guernsey”
  • Chinese: “根息”
  • Chinese: “根息岛”
  • Chinese: “根息島”
  • Chinese: “根息行政區”
  • Chinese: “根西”
  • Chinese: “根西岛”
  • Chinese: “根西島”
  • Chinese: “根西行政区”
  • Chinese: “根西行政區”
  • Chinese: “格恩西岛”
  • Chinese: “格恩西島”
  • Chinese: “耿西岛”
  • Cornish: “Gernsi”
  • Cornish: “Gwernenys”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Gernsi”
  • Croatian: “Bailiwick Guernsey”
  • Croatian: “Guernesey”
  • Croatian: “Guernsey”
  • Czech: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • Czech: “Guernsey”
  • Czech: “Rychtářství Guernsey”
  • Danish: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • Danish: “Guernsey”
  • Dhivehi: “ގުއާންސޭ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Guernsey”
  • Dutch: “Baljuwschap Guernsey”
  • Dutch: “Baljuwschap van Guernsey”
  • Dutch: “GG”
  • Dutch: “GGY”
  • Dutch: “Guernsey”
  • Dzongkha: “གུ་ཨེརྣ་སི”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيرنزى”
  • Esperanto: “Gernezejo”
  • Esperanto: “GG”
  • Esperanto: “Guernsey”
  • Esperanto: “Gvernsejo”
  • Estonian: “Guernsey”
  • Ewe: “Guernse nutome”
  • Faroese: “Guernsey”
  • Finnish: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • Finnish: “GGY”
  • Finnish: “Guernsey”
  • French: “bailliage de Guernesey”
  • French: “Bailliage de Guernesey”
  • French: “Guernesey”
  • Gagauz: “Guernsey”
  • Galician: “Guernesei”
  • Galician: “Guernesey”
  • Galician: “Guernsey”
  • Georgian: “გერნზი”
  • Georgian: “გერნსი”
  • German: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • German: “Bailliage de Guernesey”
  • German: “GB-GSY”
  • German: “GGY”
  • German: “Guernsey”
  • German: “Sarmia”
  • German: “Vogtei Guernesey”
  • German: “Vogtei Guernsey”
  • German: “Vogtei von Guernsey”
  • Greek: “Βαϊλάτο του Γκέρνζι”
  • Greek: “Βαϊλάτο του Γκέρνσεϊ”
  • Greek: “Γκένσεϊ”
  • Greek: “Γκέρνζι”
  • Greek: “Γκέρνσεϊ”
  • Greek: “Γκέρνσεϋ”
  • Greek: “Γουερνισία”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્વેર્નસે”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Guernsey”
  • Hausa: “Guernsey”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Guernsey”
  • Hebrew: “בייליוויק גרנזי”
  • Hebrew: “גרנזי”
  • Hebrew: “גרנסי”
  • Hindi: “गर्नसी”
  • Hindi: “ग्वेर्नसे”
  • Hindi: “बैलिविक ऑफ़ ग्युएमसे”
  • Hungarian: “Guernsey Bailiffség”
  • Hungarian: “Guernsey”
  • Icelandic: “Guernsey”
  • Icelandic: “Gvernsey”
  • Ido: “Guernsey”
  • Igbo: “Guernsey”
  • Indonesian: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • Indonesian: “Guernsey”
  • Interlingua: “Guernsey”
  • Interlingue: “Guernsey”
  • Irish: “Geansaí”
  • Italian: “Baliato di Guernsey”
  • Italian: “Guernsey”
  • Japanese: “ガーンジー”
  • Japanese: “ガーンジー島”
  • Japanese: “ガンジー島”
  • Javanese: “Guernsei”
  • Javanese: “Guernsey”
  • Kalaallisut: “Guernsey”
  • Kalmyk: “Гөрнзин Арл”
  • Kannada: “ಗುರ್ನ್‌ಸಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಗುರ್ನ್‌ಸೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೇಲಿವಿಕ್ ಆಫ್ ಗರ್ನ್ಸಿ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Gernsi”
  • Kashmiri: “گیوَنَرسے”
  • Kazakh: “Гернси”
  • Khmer: “ហ្គេនស៊ី”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Gwasi”
  • Kirghiz: “Гернси”
  • Korean: “건지 관할구”
  • Korean: “건지 행정관 관할구”
  • Korean: “건지”
  • Kurdish: “Guernsey”
  • Lao: “ເກີນຊີ”
  • Latin: “Sarnia insula”
  • Latin: “Sarnia”
  • Latvian: “GBG”
  • Latvian: “Gērnsi”
  • Latvian: “Gērnsija”
  • Latvian: “GGY”
  • Ligurian: “Guernsey”
  • Limburgan: “Guernsey”
  • Lingala: “Guernesey”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Gernsi”
  • Literary Chinese: “根息島”
  • Lithuanian: “Gernsis”
  • Lombard: “Guernsey”
  • Low German: “Garnsee”
  • Low German: “Guernsey”
  • Luxembourgish: “Guernsey”
  • Macedonian: “Бејлифство Гернзи”
  • Macedonian: “Гернзи”
  • Malay: “Guernsey Bailiwick”
  • Malay: “Guernsey”
  • Malayalam: “ഗേൺസി”
  • Maltese: “Bailiwick ta’ Guernsey”
  • Maltese: “Guernsey”
  • Manx: “Guernsey”
  • Maori: “Kōnihi”
  • Marathi: “गर्न्सी”
  • Marathi: “गुएर्नसी”
  • Marathi: “ग्युर्नझी”
  • Marathi: “ग्वेर्नसे”
  • Mazanderani: “گرنزی”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Guernsey”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Guernsey”
  • Moksha: “Гэрнси”
  • Mongolian: “Гернси”
  • Narom: “Bailliage dé Guernési”
  • Narom: “Dgernesy”
  • Narom: “Dgèrnésy”
  • Narom: “Guernesey”
  • Narom: “Gùernesey”
  • Narom: “Guernesi”
  • Narom: “Guernési”
  • Narom: “Gyernëzi”
  • Nepali: “गुर्न्जी”
  • Nepali: “ग्यूर्न्सी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Guernsey”
  • Northern Luri: “گئرئنزی”
  • Northern Sami: “Guernsey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bailiwick av Guernsey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guernsey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guernsey”
  • Norwegian: “Guernsey”
  • Novial: “Guernsey”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Guernesei”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Guernesey”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Guernsey”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Guernsey”
  • Oriya: “ଗୁଏରନେସି”
  • Ossetian: “Гернси”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਰਨਜੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਰਨਜ਼ੇ”
  • Persian: “قلمرو پیشکاری گرنزی”
  • Persian: “گرنزی”
  • Persian: “گرنسی”
  • Persian: “گوئرنسی”
  • Polish: “Baliwat Guernsey”
  • Polish: “Guernsey”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Guernsey”
  • Portuguese: “Baia de Guernsey”
  • Portuguese: “Bailiado de guernesei”
  • Portuguese: “Bailiado de Guernsey”
  • Portuguese: “Categoria:Guernsey”
  • Portuguese: “GG”
  • Portuguese: “Guernesei”
  • Portuguese: “Guérnesei”
  • Portuguese: “Guernesey”
  • Portuguese: “Guérnsei”
  • Portuguese: “Guernsey”
  • Pushto: “ګرنزي”
  • Pushto: “ګرنسي”
  • Quechua: “Guernesey”
  • Romanian: “Guernsey”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Guernsey”
  • Romansh: “Guernsey”
  • Russian: “Бейлвик Гернси”
  • Russian: “Гернсей”
  • Russian: “Гернси”
  • Russian: “Сарния”
  • Scots: “Guernsey”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Geàrnsaidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guernsey”
  • Serbian: “Бејливик Гернзи”
  • Serbian: “Бејливик Гернси”
  • Serbian: “Гернзи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gernsi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gernzi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guernsej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guernsey”
  • Shan: “ပီးလိဝိၵ်ႉ ၶွင် ၵႂၢၼ်းသီ”
  • Silesian: “Guernsey”
  • Sindhi: “بيليوڪ آف گرنزي”
  • Sindhi: “گورنسي”
  • Sinhala: “ගර්න්සිය”
  • Slovak: “Guernsey”
  • Slovenian: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • Slovenian: “Bailliage de Guernesey”
  • Slovenian: “GB-GSY”
  • Slovenian: “GBG”
  • Slovenian: “gg”
  • Slovenian: “Guernesey”
  • Slovenian: “Guernsey”
  • Somali: “Guurnsey”
  • Spanish: “Bailía de Guernsey”
  • Spanish: “Bailia del Guernsey”
  • Spanish: “Bailía del Guernsey”
  • Spanish: “Bailiazgo de Guernsey”
  • Spanish: “GB-GSY”
  • Spanish: “GG”
  • Spanish: “Guernesey”
  • Spanish: “Guernsey”
  • Sundanese: “Guernsey”
  • Swahili: “Guernsey”
  • Swedish: “Guernsey”
  • Swedish: “Ön Guernsey”
  • Tagalog: “Guernsey”
  • Tajik: “Гернси”
  • Tajik: “Гернсӣ”
  • Tamil: “குயெர்ன்சி”
  • Tamil: “கெர்ன்சி”
  • Tamil: “கேர்ன்சி”
  • Tatar: “Гернси”
  • Telugu: “గర్న్‌సీ”
  • Telugu: “బెయిలివిక్ ఆఫ్ గెర్న్సే”
  • Thai: “Guernsey”
  • Thai: “เกิร์นซีย์”
  • Thai: “เขตเจ้าพนักงานศาลเกิร์นซีย์”
  • Tigrinya: “ገርንሲ”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kuenisī”
  • Turkish: “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • Turkish: “Guernsey Kraliyet Muhafızlığı”
  • Turkish: “Guernsey Muhafızlığı”
  • Turkish: “Guernsey”
  • Turkmen: “Gernsi”
  • Uighur: “گۇرنسېي”
  • Ukrainian: “Гернсі”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґернсі”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Guernsey”
  • Urdu: “Guernsey”
  • Urdu: “گرنزی”
  • Urdu: “گوئرنسی”
  • Uzbek: “Gernsi”
  • Vietnamese: “Địa hạt Guernsey”
  • Vietnamese: “Guernsey”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt khâm sai Guernsey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guernesey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guernsey”
  • Welsh: “Beiliaeth Ynys y Garn”
  • Welsh: “Beilïaeth Ynys y Garn”
  • Welsh: “Guernsey”
  • Welsh: “Ynys y Garn”
  • Western Frisian: “Guernsey”
  • Western Panjabi: “گرنزی”
  • Wolof: “Gernase”
  • Wu Chinese: “根西岛”
  • Wu Chinese: “隑恩塞岛”
  • Yiddish: “גערנזי”
  • Yoruba: “Guernsey”
  • Yue Chinese: “根息島”
  • Zeeuws: “Guernsey”
  • Zulu: “I-Guernsey”
  • “Bailiwick of Guernsey”
  • “GG”
  • “GGY”
  • “बालिविक ऑफ गुएर्नसी”

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