Guernsey Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Guernsey with its capital St Peter Port is located in Europe (Western Europe, islands in the English Channel). It covers some 79 square kilometres (about one-half the size of Washington, DC) with 65,228 citizens. English and French are the the official languages used in Guernsey.

Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the Channel Islands. There are no trains on the island; roads are small but not busy. The island is 6 miles long x 3 miles wide, so a bicycle is a good way to get around. Alternately there are hire cars available, taxis and a frequent bus service during the day. The other Channel Islands can all be reached by ferry from St Peter Port. Jersey and Alderney can also be reached by plane.

Pictures from Capital (St Peter Port)

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About Guernsey

The landscape features mostly level with low hills in southwest. The average density of population is about 836 per km². The climate in Guernsey can be described as temperate with mild winters and cool summers with about 50% of days are overcast. Potential threats by nature are NA.

To reach someone in Guernsey dial +44-1481 prior to a number. There are 45,100 installed telephones. And there are 43,800 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gg". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 1 regions/states in Guernsey we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Channel Islander population grew at a rate of 0.23% (or by 148 citizens). With 663 deaths and 561 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.16%. 250 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Guernsey: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.