Place details
Place nameJersey
Other namesBailiwick of Jersey, JE00
Latitude49.217
Longitude-2.117
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Comprises Jersey island and several smaller islands; inhabited in Paleolithic times, and had Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements; ruled by diocese of Coutances in the 11th century, by Norman landowners in the 12th century; became politically separate from Normandy in 1204; official language is French, though English and a Norman-French patois are also spoken.
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