 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vernacular Display | English Display |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
Jersey (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 07 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.1167 decimal degrees |
|
Note: 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. |
Names: |
|
| Jersey (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
|
| Bailiwick of Jersey (C,V,display,English,U,N)
|
| Jersey, Bailiwick of (C,V)
|
| JE (C,O)
|
| JEY (C,O)
|
| ISO832 (C,V)
|
| JE00 (C,O,FIPS)
|
| Jerseyan (C,V)
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
|
........ |
Jersey (dependent state) (P) |
|
Additional Parents: |
|
|
................ |
Jersey (dependent state) |
| | |
|
|
............ |
Jersey (dependent state) (P) |
|
Place Types: |
|
| dependent state (preferred, C) |
............ |
joined with England initially at Norman Conquest in 1066, ruled as a separate entity in 15th century |
| primary political unit (C) |
|
| bailiwick (C) |
............ |
bailiff established in 1617 |
| Paleolithic (H) |
|
| Bronze Age (H) |
|
|
Related geographic places: |
|
| capital is .... |
Saint Hélier .......... (inhabited place) |
| .................. |
(World, Europe, Bailiwick of Jersey) [7005242] |
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|
|
