Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey) is a British crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

Economy

Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. However, the evolving economic integration of the European Union nations is changing the rules under which Guernsey operates. Though Guernsey does not have an official ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, ISO has reserved the GGY code to indicate this country; market data vendors, such as Bloomberg, will report products related to Guernsey using this code.

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Banking - Fund management - Insurance - Channel Island - Economy - Tourism - Manufacturing - Horticulture - Tomato - Guernsey - Tax haven - European Union - ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 - ISO - GGY - Market data - Bloomberg

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Guernsey issues its own coinage and banknotes. The Guernsey Pound is at par with the British pound.

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Coinage - Banknotes - Guernsey Pound

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Public services, such as electricity, gas, and postal services are all operated by independent (from the UK) companies on Guernsey. Both the Guernsey Post post boxes and the telephone boxes are painted blue, but otherwise are identical to their British counterparts, the red pillar box and red telephone box.

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UK - Guernsey Post - Pillar box - Red telephone box

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Ports and harbours exist at St Peter Port and St Sampson's. There are two paved airports in the bailiwick (Guernsey Airport and Alderney Airport), and 3 miles (5 km) of railways in Alderney.

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St Peter Port - St Sampson's - Guernsey Airport - Alderney Airport - Alderney

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The Guernsey Railway, which was virtually an electric tramway, and which began working on 20 February 1892, was abandoned on 9 June 1934. It replaced an earlier transport system which was worked by steam, and was named the Guernsey Steam Tramway. The latter began service on 6 June 1879 with six locomotives.

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20 February - 1892 - 9 June - 1934 - 6 June - 1879

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