Explore Guernsey in Europe - Guernsey Tourism Info
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.
Pictures from St Peter Port (Capital) 
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Spider web
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Isn't it fantastic !
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View of Icart Point...
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Guernsey - Pointe de...
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Rock walk
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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 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 country consists of 1 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Guernsey
Tourism Information
Official Tourism Office
Website: Guernsey Tourism
PO Box 23
St Peter Port
Guernsey
Channel Islands
GY1 3AN
Phone: +44 1481 723552
Fax: +44 1481 721246
Demographic Information
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.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Guernsey has declined over the last 10 years by 1.4 births per thousand from 10 in 2001 to 8.6 in 2010. Currently, 561 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Guernsey has rised over the last 10 years by 0.1 deaths per thousand from 10.1 in 2001 to 10.1 in 2010. Currently, 663 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Guernsey is growing at an rate of 0.23% (or by 148 citizens). Each year 250 people enter this country (or 3.80 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of -0.16%. Or an total decrease of 102 citizens.
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.
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