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Updates: 

On 2006-03-29, the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance Agency issued an update. Jersey has a new country code assigned to it.

Country overview: 

Short name	Jersey
ISO code	JE
FIPS code	JE
Language	English (en), French (fr)
Time zone	0
Capital	Saint Helier

 

The Channel Islands, consisting of the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, have been dependencies of the British crown since 1066. They constitute the only part of the Duchy of Normandy that still belongs to the crown. They were occupied by Germany from 1940 to 1945.

Other names of country: 

1. English: Bailiwick of Jersey (formal)
2. French: Bailliage m de Jersey m (formal)
3. German: Jersey n; Vogtei f Jersey (formal)
4. Italian: Jersey
5. Portuguese: Jersey
6. Spanish: Jersey
7. Turkish: Jersey

Origin of name: 

Jersey: corruption of Latin Cæsarea (dedicated to Caesar)

Primary subdivisions: 

Jersey is divided into twelve parishes.

Parish	HASC	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)
Grouville	JE.GR	4,702	8	3
Saint Brelade	JE.BR	10,134	13	5
Saint Clement	JE.CL	8,196	4	2
Saint Helier	JE.HE	28,310	9	3
Saint John	JE.JO	2,618	9	3
Saint Lawrence	JE.LA	4,702	10	4
Saint Martin	JE.MT	3,628	10	4
Saint Mary	JE.MY	1,591	7	3
Saint Ouen	JE.OU	3,803	15	6
Saint Peter	JE.PE	4,293	12	4
Saint Saviour	JE.SA	12,491	9	4
Trinity	JE.TR	2,718	12	5
12 parishes		87,186	116	45
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision code. Typ: d = dependency, p = parish Population: 2001-03-11 census

Territorial extent: 

Jersey consists of the island of Jersey and the tiny Îles Ecréhou and Minquiers.

Change history: 

Although there has been no change in the political geography of Jersey, on 2006-03-29 it was given a new ISO country code. Before that time it had been lumped in with the United Kingdom. Its HASC code at that time was GB.JE; its ISO code, JSY. Its conventional abbreviation is Jer.

Population history:

Parish	1991	1996	2001
Grouville	4,297	4,658	4,702
Saint Brelade	9,331	9,560	10,134
Saint Clement	7,393	7,986	8,196
Saint Helier	28,123	27,523	28,310
Saint John	2,440	2,520	2,618
Saint Lawrence	4,561	4,773	4,702
Saint Martin	3,258	3,423	3,628
Saint Mary	1,449	1,475	1,591
Saint Ouen	3,612	3,685	3,803
Saint Peter	4,231	4,228	4,293
Saint Saviour	12,747	12,680	12,491
Trinity	2,640	2,639	2,718
Total	84,082	85,150	87,186

 

Year	Population
1901	52,636
1911	51,898
1921	49,701
1931	50,462
1951	57,310
1961	57,200
1971	72,691
1991	84,082
2001	87,186