It is the second largest of the\u00a0Channel Islands<\/a>, an island group roughly north of\u00a0Saint-Malo<\/a>\u00a0and west of the\u00a0Cotentin Peninsula<\/a>. The jurisdiction consists of\u00a0ten parishes<\/a>\u00a0on the island of Guernsey, three other inhabited islands (Herm<\/a>,\u00a0Jethou<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lihou<\/a>), and many small islets and rocks.<\/p>\n It is not part of the\u00a0United Kingdom<\/a>, although defense and some aspects of international relations are managed by the UK. Although the bailiwicks of Jersey<\/a>\u00a0and 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\u00a0Isle of Man<\/a>, although all are held by the\u00a0monarch of the United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/sup><\/p>\n The island has a mixed British-Norman culture, although\u00a0British cultural influence<\/a>\u00a0is stronger, with\u00a0English<\/a>\u00a0being the main language and the\u00a0Pound sterling<\/a>\u00a0its primary currency. The island has a traditional local language known as\u00a0Guern\u00e9siais<\/a>.<\/p>\n Around 6000\u00a0BC, rising seas created the\u00a0English Channel<\/a>\u00a0and separated the\u00a0Norman<\/a>\u00a0promontories<\/a>\u00a0that became the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey from\u00a0continental Europe<\/a>. <\/sup>Neolithic<\/a>\u00a0farmers then settled on its coast and built the\u00a0dolmens<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0menhirs<\/a>\u00a0found in the islands today, providing evidence of human presence dating back to around 5000 BC.<\/sup><\/p>\n Evidence of Roman settlements on the island, and the discovery of\u00a0amphorae<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Herculaneum<\/a>\u00a0area and Spain, show evidence of an intricate trading network with regional and long distance trade.<\/sup>\u00a0Buildings found in La Plaiderie, St Peter Port dating from 100\u2013400 AD appear to be warehouses.<\/sup>\u00a0The earliest evidence of shipping was the discovery of a wreck of a ship in\u00a0St Peter Port harbour<\/a>, which has been named “Asterix”. It is thought to be a 3rd-century Roman cargo vessel and was probably at anchor or grounded when a fire broke out.<\/sup>\u00a0Travelling from the\u00a0Kingdom of Gwent<\/a>, Saint\u00a0Sampson<\/a>, later the abbot of\u00a0Dol<\/a> in Brittany, is credited with the introduction of Christianity to Guernsey.<\/p>\n In 933, the\u00a0Cotentin Peninsula<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0Avranchin<\/a>\u00a0which included the islands, were placed by the French\u00a0King Ranulf<\/a>\u00a0under the control of\u00a0William I<\/a>. The island of Guernsey and the other\u00a0Channel Islands<\/a>\u00a0represent the last remnants of the medieval\u00a0Duchy of Normandy<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0In 1204, when\u00a0King John<\/a>\u00a0lost the continental portion of the Duchy to\u00a0Philip II of France<\/a>, the islands remained part of the kingdom of England.<\/sup> The islands were then recognized by the 1259 Treaty of Paris<\/a>\u00a0as part of\u00a0Henry III<\/a>‘s territories.<\/p>\n During the\u00a0Middle Ages<\/a>, the island was a haven for pirates that would use the “lamping technique” to ground ships close to the island. This intensified during the\u00a0Hundred Years War<\/a>, when,\u00a0starting in 1339<\/a>, the island was occupied by the\u00a0Capetians<\/a>\u00a0on several occasions.<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0Guernsey Militia<\/a> was first mentioned as operational in 1331 and would help defend the island for a further 600 years.<\/p>\n In 1372, the island was invaded by\u00a0Aragonese<\/a>\u00a0mercenaries under the command of\u00a0Owain Lawgoch<\/a>\u00a0(remembered as\u00a0Yvon de Galles<\/i>), who was in the pay of the French king. Owain and his dark-haired mercenaries were later absorbed into Guernsey legend as invading\u00a0fairies<\/a>\u00a0from across the sea.[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n As part of the peace between England and France,\u00a0Pope Sixtus IV<\/a>\u00a0issued in 1483 a\u00a0Papal bull<\/a>\u00a0granting the\u00a0Privilege of Neutrality<\/i>, by which the Islands, their harbors and seas, as far as the eye can see, were considered neutral territory.<\/sup>\u00a0Anyone molesting Islanders would be excommunicated. A\u00a0Royal Charter<\/a>\u00a0in 1548 confirmed the neutrality. The French attempted to invade Jersey a year later in 1549 but were defeated by the\u00a0militia<\/a>. The neutrality lasted another century, until\u00a0William III of England<\/a> abolished the privilege due to privateering activity against Dutch ships.<\/p>\n In the mid-16th century, the island was influenced by\u00a0Calvinist<\/a>\u00a0reformers from Normandy. During the\u00a0Marian persecutions<\/a>, three women, the\u00a0Guernsey Martyrs<\/a>, were\u00a0burned at the stake<\/a>\u00a0for their\u00a0Protestant<\/a>\u00a0beliefs,<\/sup>\u00a0along with the infant son of one of the women. The burning of the infant was ordered by Bailiff Hellier Gosselin, with the advice of priests nearby who said the boy should burn due to having inherited moral stain from his mother.<\/sup>\u00a0Later on Hellier Gosselin fled the island to escape widespread outrage.<\/p>\n During the\u00a0English Civil War<\/a>, Guernsey sided with the\u00a0Parliamentarians<\/a>. The allegiance was not total, however; there were a few Royalist uprisings in the southwest of the island, while\u00a0Castle Cornet<\/a>\u00a0was occupied by the Governor,\u00a0Sir Peter Osborne<\/a>, and Royalist troops. In December 1651, with full honors of war, Castle Cornet surrendered \u2013 the last Royalist outpost anywhere in the British Isles to surrender.<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n Wars against France and Spain during the 17th and 18th centuries gave Guernsey shipowners and sea captains the opportunity to exploit the island’s proximity to mainland Europe by applying for\u00a0letters of marque<\/a>\u00a0and turning their\u00a0merchantmen<\/a>\u00a0into\u00a0privateers<\/a>.<\/p>\n By the beginning of the 18th century, Guernsey’s residents were starting to settle in North America,<\/sup>\u00a0in particular founding\u00a0Guernsey County<\/a>\u00a0in Ohio in 1810.<\/sup>\u00a0The threat of invasion by\u00a0Napoleon<\/a>\u00a0prompted many defensive structures to be built at the end of that century.<\/sup>\u00a0The early 19th century saw a dramatic increase in the prosperity of the island, due to its success in the global\u00a0maritime trade<\/a>, and the rise of the stone industry. Maritime trade suffered a major decline with the move away from sailing craft as materials such as iron and steel were not available on the island.<\/p>\n Le Braye du Valle<\/a>\u00a0was a tidal channel that made the northern extremity of Guernsey, Le Clos du Valle, a\u00a0tidal island<\/a>. Le Braye du Valle was drained and reclaimed in 1806 by the British Government as a defense measure. The eastern end of the former channel became the town and harbor (from 1820) of St Sampson’s<\/a>, now the second biggest port in Guernsey. The western end of La Braye is now Le Grand Havre. The roadway called “The Bridge” across the end of the harbor at St Sampson’s recalls the bridge that formerly linked the two parts of Guernsey at high tide. New roads were built and main roads metaled for ease of use by the military.<\/p>\n During the\u00a0First World War<\/a>, about 3,000 island men served in the\u00a0British Expeditionary Force<\/a>. Of these, about 1,000 served in the\u00a0Royal Guernsey Light Infantry<\/a>\u00a0regiment formed from the\u00a0Royal Guernsey Militia<\/a>\u00a0in 1916.<\/sup><\/p>\n From 30 June 1940, during the\u00a0Second World War<\/a>, the Channel Islands were\u00a0occupied by German troops<\/a>. Before the occupation, 80% of\u00a0Guernsey children had been evacuated<\/a>\u00a0to England to live with relatives or strangers during the war. Most children returned home after the war ended in 1945.<\/sup>\u00a0The occupying German forces\u00a0deported over 1,000 Guernsey residents<\/a>\u00a0to camps in southern Germany, notably to the\u00a0Lager Lindele<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(Lindele Camp) near\u00a0Biberach an der Ri\u00df<\/a>\u00a0and to\u00a0Oflag VII-C<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Laufen<\/a>.\u00a0Guernsey was very heavily fortified during World War II<\/a>, out of all proportion to the island’s strategic value. German defenses and alterations remain visible, particularly to Castle Cornet and around the northern coast of the island. Guernsey and Jersey were both liberated on 9 May 1945, now celebrated as Liberation Day<\/a> on the two islands.<\/p>\n During the late 1940s the island repaired the damage caused to its buildings during the occupation. The tomato industry started up again and thrived until the 1970s when the significant increase in world oil prices led to a sharp, terminal decline.<\/sup>\u00a0Tourism has remained important.<\/sup>\u00a0Finance businesses grew in the 1970s and expanded in the next two decades and are important employers.<\/sup>\u00a0Guernsey’s constitutional and trading relationships with the UK is largely unaffected by\u00a0Brexit<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0although those with France have resulted in increased bureaucracy.<\/p>\n Situated in\u00a0Mont Saint-Michel Bay<\/a>\u00a0at around\u00a049\u00b035\u2032N<\/span>\u00a02\u00b020\u2032W<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, Guernsey, Herm and some other smaller islands together have a total area of 71 square kilometers (27 sq mi) and coastlines of about 46 kilometers (29 mi). Elevation varies from sea level to 110 m (360 ft) at Hautnez on Guernsey.<\/p>\n There are many smaller\u00a0islands, islets, rocks and reefs<\/a> in Guernsey waters. Combined with a tidal range of 10 meters (33 feet) and fast currents of up to 12\u00a0knots<\/a>, this makes sailing in local waters dangerous. The very large tidal variation provides an environmentally rich inter-tidal zone around the islands, and some sites have received\u00a0Ramsar Convention<\/a>\u00a0designation.<\/sup><\/p>\n The tidal flows in the area are remarkable, owing to the flatness of the ground for nearly 32 km (20 mi) westward. Guernsey is the westernmost of the\u00a0Channel Islands<\/a>, and the jurisdiction is at the greatest distance from the coast of Normandy than any of the other islands.<\/p>\n Financial services, such as banking,\u00a0fund management<\/a>, and insurance, account for about 37% of GDP.<\/sup>\u00a0Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, especially\u00a0freesias<\/a>, have been declining.<\/sup>\u00a0Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular\u00a0offshore finance<\/a> center for\u00a0private-equity funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Guernsey does not have a Central Bank and it issues its own\u00a0sterling<\/a>\u00a0coinage<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0banknotes<\/a>. UK coinage and (English, Scottish and Northern Irish-faced) banknotes also circulate freely and interchangeably.<\/sup>\u00a0Total island investment funds, used to fund pensions and future island costs, amount to \u00a32.7billion as at June 2016.<\/sup>\u00a0The island issued a 30-year bond in December 2015 for \u00a3330m, its first bond in 80 years.<\/sup>\u00a0The island has been given a\u00a0credit rating<\/a>\u00a0of AA-\/A-1+ with a stable outlook from\u00a0Standard & Poor’s<\/a>.[59]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n In March 2016 there were over 32,291 people employed in Guernsey with 4,864 being self-employed and 2,453 employing businesses. 19.6% work in the finance industry and median earnings were \u00a331,215.<\/p>\n Ports and harbours exist at\u00a0St Peter Port<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0St Sampson<\/a>. There is a single paved airport,\u00a0Guernsey Airport<\/a>. The\u00a0States of Guernsey<\/a>\u00a0wholly own their own airline,\u00a0Aurigny<\/a>. The decision to purchase the airline was made to protect important air links to and from the island and the sale was completed on 15 May 2003.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Guernsey Railway<\/a>, effectively an electric\u00a0tramway<\/a>, began working on 20 February 1892 and was abandoned on 9 June 1934. It replaced an earlier transport system which was worked by steam, the Guernsey Steam Tramway, which had operated from 6 June 1879 with six locomotives. Alderney is now the only Channel Island with a\u00a0working railway<\/a>.<\/sup><\/p>\n A narrow gauge railway was built by the German forces during WW2 to transport materials used in the construction of coastal defenses. This was removed after the War.<\/p>\n Guernsey has a public bus service, operated by CT Plus on behalf of the States of Guernsey Environment and Infrastructure Department.<\/sup><\/p>\n The\u00a0flag of Guernsey\u00a0was adopted in 1985 and consists of the red\u00a0Saint George’s Cross<\/a>\u00a0with an additional gold\u00a0Norman<\/a>\u00a0cross within it. The creation was prompted by confusion at international sporting events over competitors from\u00a0Guernsey<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0England<\/a>\u00a0using the same flag.<\/sup>\u00a0It was designed by the Guernsey Flag Investigation Committee led by Deputy Bailiff\u00a0Sir Graham Dorey<\/a>. The flag was first unveiled on the island on 15 February 1985. The gold cross represents\u00a0William the Bastard<\/a>,\u00a0Duke of Normandy<\/a>\u00a0(who became, after the\u00a0conquest<\/a>, William I of England). William purportedly was given such a cross by\u00a0Pope Alexander II<\/a>\u00a0and flew it on his\u00a0standard<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Battle of Hastings<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0Since 2000, a\u00a0red ensign<\/a>\u00a0with the cross in the fly has been used as the government’s\u00a0civil ensign<\/a>\u00a0and as a\u00a0blue ensign<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prior to 1985, Guernsey had no official unique flag and instead used the\u00a0St George’s Cross<\/a>\u00a0(the\u00a0flag of England<\/a>) as its flag when one was officially required. This came about after\u00a0King Edward VIII<\/a>\u00a0granted consent for Guernsey to use the flag of England in 1936; during the\u00a0German occupation of the Channel Islands<\/a>, the residents were prevented from displaying official British symbols, but the flag of England was permitted for civilian use.<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0Government of Guernsey<\/a>\u00a0carried out official studies in 1906 and 1935 to determine any unique and identifiable historical flags that Guernsey could use to represent it.<\/sup>\u00a0In 1983, the\u00a0Bailiff of Guernsey<\/a>\u00a0argued the need for a new flag for Guernsey because of the confusion caused by using the flag of England.<\/sup>\u00a0The impetus for the flag’s creation was confusion at the\u00a01982 Commonwealth Games<\/a>, where Guernsey competed under the flag of England\u2013some other nations’ competitors erroneously believed England was entering two teams into the Games.<\/p>\n Research was carried out by Deputy Bailiff Sir\u00a0Graham Dorey<\/a>, of Guernsey’s Flag Investigation Committee. The committee considered a number of designs. It was initially considered that the new flag for Guernsey should contain green, but it was ruled that the color green has no historical basis in Guernsey aside of being used as a sporting colour by the Guernsey national football team<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Muratti<\/a>\u00a0matches. Consideration was given to using the\u00a0coat of arms of Guernsey<\/a> on a St George’s Cross but this was rejected on the grounds that the arms would be unidentifiable at a distance. It was also decided that to do so would be to focus on English symbols, not recognizing Guernsey’s independence or Norman history.<\/sup>\u00a0The committee eventually settled on including a gold cross on top of the St George’s Cross. The gold cross was chosen as it was a symbol of King\u00a0William the Conqueror<\/a>, seen on a banner at the\u00a0Battle of Hastings<\/a>, as portrayed on the\u00a0Bayeux Tapestry<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0That banner was purportedly given to William by\u00a0Pope Alexander II<\/a>\u00a0as a symbol of his blessing for the\u00a0Norman Conquest of England<\/a>\u00a0along with a request for the clergy of the\u00a0Church of England<\/a>\u00a0to give way to William.<\/sup> The new flag’s design was to symbolize that the islanders were of Norman descent but loyal to the English (and later British) Crown. In 1985 Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, Duke of Normandy, granted a\u00a0Royal Warrant<\/a>\u00a0for the flag to become the official flag of Guernsey. Unveiled on 15 February 1985, the flag was flown for the first time on\u00a0Liberation Day<\/a>\u00a0on 9 May, the 40th anniversary of the\u00a0Channel Islands<\/a>‘ liberation from German occupation during the\u00a0Second World War<\/a>.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n Thereafter, the Guernsey flag was used in the\u00a0Grosse Rocque<\/a>\u00a0ceremony, replacing the\u00a0Union Jack<\/a>, which had traditionally been raised on Grosse Rocque every August\u00a0bank holiday<\/a>. The flag would then fly on the rock continuously for a year before being replaced with a new one.<\/sup>\u00a0The flag of Guernsey is flown from all of the\u00a0States of Guernsey<\/a>\u00a0buildings except on\u00a0designated flag-flying days<\/a>, when the Union Jack is used instead. These days mostly relate to birthdays and anniversaries of senior members of the Royal Family as well as\u00a0Commonwealth Day<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Remembrance Sunday<\/a>.<\/sup> The flag is also flown on the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings on all public buildings.<\/p>\n The flag provided inspiration for the\u00a0flag of Alderney<\/a>\u00a0in 1993.<\/sup>\u00a0It has also inspired other symbols. In 2011, the\u00a0Guernsey Ambulance and Rescue Service<\/a>\u00a0adopted a new logo comprising the Cross of St George and gold Norman cross, but\u00a0defaced<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0Maltese Cross<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Venerable Order of Saint John<\/a>\u00a0based on the Guernsey flag.<\/sup>\u00a0In November 2012 the\u00a0Bailiwick of Guernsey<\/a>‘s St John Ambulance was elevated to a Commandery within the Order dependent on the\u00a0Priory of England and the Islands<\/a>\u00a0in a church service which included granting a new flag from the British\u00a0College of Arms<\/a> including elements of the flag of Guernsey.<\/p>\n The flag is not universally supported. Some Guernsey sports fans complain that the flag lacks Guernsey’s sporting color of green or the crest of Guernsey. In the 2000s, a green and white tricolor with the coat of arms of Guernsey in the center was created by Guernsey sports fans to be used as Guernsey’s unofficial sporting flag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The flag of Guernsey was adopted in 1985 and consists of the red Saint George’s Cross with an additional gold Norman cross within it. The creation was prompted by confusion at international sporting events over competitors from Guernsey and England using the same flag. It was designed by the Guernsey Flag Investigation Committee led by Deputy Bailiff Sir Graham Dorey. The flag was first unveiled on the island on 15 February 1985. The gold cross represents William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy (who became, after the conquest, William I of England). William purportedly was given such a cross by Pope Alexander II and flew it on his standard in the Battle of Hastings. 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<\/a>History:<\/h2>\n
Early history:<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Middle Ages:<\/span><\/h3>\n
Early modern period:<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Contemporary period:<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Geography<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Economy:<\/h2>\n
Transportation:<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Flag of Guernsey:<\/h2>\n
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