Jersey (/ ˈdʒɜːrzi / JUR-zee; Jèrriais: Jèrri [ʒɛri]), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, [e][15][16][17] is an autonomous and self-governing British Crown Dependency in Northwestern Europe 14 miles (23 km) off the Cotentin Peninsula of north-west France. [f] At 45 square miles (120 km 2), the main island, Jersey, is the largest of the Channel Islands. [18] Although not a sovereign ...
Jersey, British crown dependency and island, the largest and southernmost of the Channel Islands, lying south of England’s coast and 12 miles (19 km) west of the Cotentin peninsula of France. Its capital, St. Helier, is 100 miles (160 km) south of Weymouth, England. Jersey is about 10 miles (16 km)