Jersey | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-13

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Jersey


00:02:28 1 Toponymy
00:02:37 1.1 Origin of the name
00:03:34 2 History
00:08:20 3 Politics
00:10:46 3.1 Legal system
00:11:43 3.2 Parishes
00:13:36 3.3 International relations
00:14:36 3.3.1 International identity
00:15:13 3.3.2 Relationship with the European Union
00:19:16 3.3.3 Separation debate
00:20:21 4 Geography
00:21:18 5 Climate
00:22:54 6 Economy
00:26:23 6.1 Taxation
00:29:25 6.2 Currency
00:29:58 6.2.1 Coinage
00:31:11 7 Demographics
00:32:00 7.1 Immigration
00:35:13 7.2 Language
00:35:21 8 Religion in Jersey
00:36:43 9 Culture
00:38:31 9.1 Media
00:38:39 9.1.1 Broadcast
00:39:20 9.1.2 Daily newspaper
00:39:38 9.2 Music
00:40:25 9.3 Cinema
00:42:00 9.4 Food and drink
00:43:54 9.5 Sport
00:46:42 9.6 Literature
00:47:39 10 Education
00:47:48 10.1 Schools
00:48:18 10.2 Further and higher education
00:49:43 11 Environment
00:50:20 11.1 Biodiversity
00:53:22 12 Emergency services
00:54:28 13 Notable people
00:54:37 14 See also
00:54:46 15 Footnotes and references
00:54:56 16 Further reading
00:55:05 16.1 Archaeology



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SUMMARY
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Jersey (, French: [ʒɛʁzɛ]; Jèrriais: Jèrri IPA: [dʒɛri]), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (French: Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.
The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs. Although the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United Kingdom.Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The Lieutenant Governor on the island is the personal representative of the Queen. It is the second closest of the Channel Islands to France, after Alderney.
Jersey is not part of the United Kingdom, and has an international identity separate from that of the UK, but the UK is constitutionally responsible for the defence of Jersey. The definition of United Kingdom in the British Nationality Act 1981 is interpreted as including the UK and the Islands together. The European Commission have confirmed in a written reply to the European Parliament in 2003 that Jersey is within the Union as a European Territory for whose external relationships the UK is responsible. Jersey is not fully part of the European Union but has a special relationship with it, notably being treated as within the European Community for the purposes of free trade in goods.British cultural influence on the island is evident in its use of English as the main language and the British pound as its primary currency, even if some people still speak the Norman language. Additional cultural commonalities include driving on the left, access to the BBC and ITV regions, a school curriculum following that of England, and the popularity of British sports, including football, cricket, and rugby.