Jersey

Tony Austin from UK - Jersey - 10.08.2012

Old postcard sent by Mimi to Dennis & Shyhui in 15 August 1951.

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is a British Crown Dependency just off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs.

Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems. 

The island of Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands. 

Capital: Saint Helier. 

Ethnic groups (2011): 7% Portuguese, 0.88% French...

Official language(s) English, French.