SERIAL · 831Europe
Guernsey
CapitalSaint Peter Port
CurrencyGBP · Guernsey pound
LanguageFrench, English
Since1204
ISOGGY · GG
Population
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Watermark portrait: George Métivier
— THE COUNTRY —
Crown Dependency in the English Channel
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey, is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, comprising several islands of the Channel Islands. It has a total land area of 78 square kilometres (30 mi2) and an estimated total population of 67,336.
Text: Wikipedia — Bailiwick of GuernseyCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-25
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Saint Peter Port
- Currency
- Guernsey pound (GBP)
- Official language
- French, English
- Drives on the
- Left
- Calling code
- +44
- Licence plate code
- GBG
- Top-level domain
- .gg
- Independence / founding
- 1204
- Highest point
- Le Moulin (114 m)
- Anthem
- God Save the King
The World Bank does not publish figures for Guernsey, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.
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— TRADE —
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— EXTRAS —
Anthem
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Capital time
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Neighbours
Guernsey has no land borders
Landmarks
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People
George MétivierGuernsey poet
Denys CorbetGuernsey artist and poet (1826-1909)
Lyndon TrottGuernsey politician
Jonathan Le TocqGuernsey politician
Marie de GarisGuernsey writer (1910-2010)
James MarrGuernsey author (1918–2009)
Thomas Henry MahyGuernsey poet (1862-1936)
Henry GauvainBritish surgeon (1878–1945)
John Le PatourelGuernsey historian (1909–1981)
Tam LenfesteyGuernsey writer (1818–1885)
Thomas Alfred GrutGuernsey writer (1852–1933)
Meg MathewsBritish columnist, activist and entrepreneur, first wife of Noel Gallagher
History
1204Guernsey — founding / independence (Wikidata)
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1960 → now
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