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Background: The island of Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. These islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.


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Location: Western Europe island in the English Channel northwest of France

Geographic coordinates: 49 15 N 2 10 W

Map reference: Europe

Area
Total: 116 km²
Land: 116 km²
Water: 0 km²
Comparative: about 0.7 times the size of Washington DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 70 km

Maritime claims
Exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
Territorial sea: 3 NM

Climate: temperate; mild winters and cool summers

Terrain: gently rolling plain with low rugged hills along north coast

Elevation
Extremes lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Extremes highest point: unnamed location 143 m

Natural resources: arable land

Land use
Arable land: 66%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 0%
Forests and woodland: 0%
Other: 34%

Irrigated land: NA km²

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: NA

Geography
Note: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier


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Population: 89,361 (July 2000 est.)
Growth rate: 0.48% (2000 est.)
Below poverty line: NA%

Nationality
Noun: Channel Islander
Adjective: Channel Islander

Ethnic groups: UK and Norman-French descent

Languages: English (official) French (official) Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts

Religions: Anglican Roman Catholic Baptist Congregational New Church Methodist Presbyterian

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 17.77% (male 8,214; female 7,667)
15-64 years: 67.59% (male 30,065; female 30,331)
65 years and over: 14.64% (male 5,603; female 7,481) (2000 est.)

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 0.48% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 11.28 births/1000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate: 9.27 deaths/1000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.8 migrant(s)/1000 population (2000 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: NA

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.08 male/female
Under 15 years: 1.07 male/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male/female
Total population: 0.96 male/female (2000 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 5.62 deaths/1000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 78.63 years
Male: 76.21 years
Female: 81.23 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.56 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids
Adult prevalence rate: NA%
People living with hivaids: NA
Deaths: NA

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy
Definition: NA
Total population: NA
Male: NA
Female: NA

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


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Country name
Conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
Conventional short form: Jersey

Government type: NA

Capital: Saint Helier

Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)

Dependent areas

Independence: none (British crown dependency)

National holiday: Liberation Day 9 May (1945)

Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes partly common law and practice

Legal system: English law and local statute

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult

Executive branch
Chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Chief Marshall Sir John CHESHIRE (since 24 January 2000) and Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since NA February 1995)
Cabinet: committees appointed by the Assembly of the States
Elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch

Legislative branch
Elections: last held NA (next to be held NA)
Election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 52

Judicial branch: Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)

Political parties and leaders: none; all independents

International organization participation

Diplomatic representation
In the us: none (British crown dependency)
From the us: none (British crown dependency)

Flag description: white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag and in the upper quadrant surmounted by a yellow crown a red shield holding the three lions of England in yellow

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


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Economy overview: The economy is based largely on international financial services agriculture and tourism. Potatoes cauliflower tomatoes and especially flowers are important export crops shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export income earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EU countries. In 1996 the finance sector accounted for about 60% of the island's output. Tourism another mainstay of the economy accounts for 24% of GDP. In recent years the government has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material and energy requirements are imported as well as a large share of Jersey's food needs. Light taxes and death duties make the island a popular tax haven.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: NA%

Real gdp per capita: purchasing power parity - $24,800 (1999 est.)

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 5%
Industry: 2%
Services: 93% (1996)

Agriculture products: potatoes cauliflower tomatoes; beef dairy products

Industries: tourism banking and finance dairy

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Labor force: 57,050 (1996)

Unemployment rate: 0.7% (1998 est.)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: NA%

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: NA%
Highest 10: NA%

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $601 million
Expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate consumer prices: 4.7% (1998)

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $N/A
Commodities: light industrial and electrical goods foodstuffs textiles
Partners: UK

Imports: $N/A
Commodities: machinery and transport equipment manufactured goods foodstuffs mineral fuels chemicals
Partners: UK

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external: none

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.6764 (January 2000) 0.6596 (2000) 0.6180 (1999) 0.6037 (1998) 0.6106 (1997) 0.6403 (1996); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound


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Electricity
Imports note: electricity supplied by France

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


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Telephones
Main lines in use: 65,500 (1997)
Mobile cellular: 4,400 (1997)

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs