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GEOGRAPHY: At 49°28′N 2°35′W, Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands have a total area
of 30 square miles (78 sq km) and a coastline of about 30 miles (50 km). By itself, the island of Guernsey has a total
area of 25 square miles (63 sq km). Guernsey is situated 30 miles (48 km) west of France's Normandy coast and 75
miles (121 km) south of Weymouth in England and lies in the Gulf of St Malo. Lihou, a tidal island, is attached to
Guernsey by a causeway at low tide. The terrain is mostly level with low hills in southwest.
POLITICS: The States of Guernsey, officially called the States of Deliberation, consists of 45 People's Deputies, elected
from multi- or single-member districts every four years. There are also two representatives from Alderney, a self-
governing dependency of the Bailiwick, but Sark sends no representative. There are also two non-voting members -
the Attorney General and the Solicitor General both appointed by the monarch.
HISTORY: Rising sea levels transformed Guernsey into the tip of a peninsula jutting out into the emergent English
Channel until about 6000 BC, when Guernsey and other promontories were cut off from continental Europe, becoming
islands. At this time, Neolithic farmers settled the coasts and created the dolmens and menhirs that dot the islands.
The island of Guernsey contains three sculpted menhirs of great archaeological interest; the dolmen known as L'Autel
du Dehus also contains a dolmen deity.
CAPITAL CITY: St. Peter Port
of 30 square miles (78 sq km) and a coastline of about 30 miles (50 km). By itself, the island of Guernsey has a total
area of 25 square miles (63 sq km). Guernsey is situated 30 miles (48 km) west of France's Normandy coast and 75
miles (121 km) south of Weymouth in England and lies in the Gulf of St Malo. Lihou, a tidal island, is attached to
Guernsey by a causeway at low tide. The terrain is mostly level with low hills in southwest.
POLITICS: The States of Guernsey, officially called the States of Deliberation, consists of 45 People's Deputies, elected
from multi- or single-member districts every four years. There are also two representatives from Alderney, a self-
governing dependency of the Bailiwick, but Sark sends no representative. There are also two non-voting members -
the Attorney General and the Solicitor General both appointed by the monarch.
HISTORY: Rising sea levels transformed Guernsey into the tip of a peninsula jutting out into the emergent English
Channel until about 6000 BC, when Guernsey and other promontories were cut off from continental Europe, becoming
islands. At this time, Neolithic farmers settled the coasts and created the dolmens and menhirs that dot the islands.
The island of Guernsey contains three sculpted menhirs of great archaeological interest; the dolmen known as L'Autel
du Dehus also contains a dolmen deity.
CAPITAL CITY: St. Peter Port
NATIONAL TRUST OF GUERNSEY FOLK MUSEUM
http://www.visitguernsey.com/attractions/attrac
tion.aspx?attractionid=168
http://www.visitguernsey.com/attractions/attrac
tion.aspx?attractionid=168
CASTLE CORNET & ITS MUSEUMS
http://www.visitguernsey.com/attractions/attrac
tion.aspx?attractionid=181
http://www.visitguernsey.com/attractions/attrac
tion.aspx?attractionid=181