The Channel Islands are in the English Channel, just off the French coast of Normandy, south of England and west of the Cotentin peninsula.

Where they are

  • The Channel Islands form an archipelago in the English Channel between southern England and northern France.
  • Geographically, they lie west of France’s Cotentin peninsula, near the entrance to the Gulf of Saint-Malo.

Political status

  • The main islands are grouped into two British Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
  • They are not part of the United Kingdom or France, but are self-governing territories under the British crown.

Key islands

  • Jersey is the largest island; Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm are other principal inhabited islands.
  • The main population centers are St. Helier on Jersey and St. Peter Port on Guernsey.

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