Guernsey
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Guernsey is a island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. It is one of the Channel Islands, and is the main administration island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey'. It belongs to England, but has an administration of its own, which gives it special status when it comes to taxes. 65,573 people live there.
[change] The Island
Guernsey has 10 parishes. These are Castell Forest, St Andrews, St Martins, St Peter Port, St Pierre du bois, St Sampson, St Saviour's, Torteval, Vale
St Peter Port is the biggest parish by terms of population, with 16'500 people living there.
[change] Language
Guernsey has it's own dialect of the Norman language, called Guernesiais. It is spoken by only 2% of the population, but is understood by around 14%. This means that only 1300 people speak it, and most of these people are elderly. Only 1 in every 1000 young people can speak it.
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