Sark | |
|---|---|
.svg) Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "God Save the King" | |
       Location of Sark (circled) in the Bailiwick of Guernsey (red) | |
 Map of Sark within the Bailiwick | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Crown Dependency | Bailiwick of Guernsey |
| Separation from the Duchy of Normandy | 1204 |
| Fief granted to Hellier de Carteret | 1565 |
| Feudalism abolished | 9 April 2008 |
| Official languages | English |
| Recognised regional languages | Sercquiais |
| Government | Self-governing dependency under a parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Charles III | |
• Seigneur | Christopher Beaumont |
| Legislature | Chief Pleas |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2023 census | 562[1] |
• Density | 103/km2 (266.8/sq mi) |
| Currency | (GBP) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (BST) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +44 |
| UK postcode | |
| ISO 3166 code | GG (CQ reserved) [2] |
| Internet TLD | .gg (.cq reserved)[3] |
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Sark (Sercquiais: Sèr or Cerq, French: Sercq) is an island, part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament.[4] It was a royal fief until 2008. It has a population of about 500.[5] Sark (including the nearby island of Brecqhou) has an area of 2.10 square miles (5.44 km2).[6] Little Sark is a peninsula joined by a natural but high and very narrow isthmus to the rest of Sark Island.
Sark is one of the few remaining places in the world where cars are banned from roads and only tractors, bicycles and horse-drawn vehicles are allowed.[7] In 2011, Sark was designated as a Dark Sky Community and the first Dark Sky Island in the world.[8]
- ^ "Sark population grew by just 69 people in half a century, reveals census". ITV News. 15 September 2023.
- ^ "ISO 3166: CQ".
- ^ "Registration form for 'CQ'".
- ^ Morris, Caroline (11 December 2018). "Constitutional Status of Sark" (PDF). Letter to Policy Development Team, Sark Chief Pleas. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Too many people – or not enough? Jersey's population dilemma". Jersey Evening Post. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018.
- ^ "The official website for the Island of Sark". Sark Tourism. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Walden, Lisa (16 August 2020). "The idyllic car-free island of Sark is looking for 500 new residents". Country Living. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Palca, Joe (February 2011). "Lights Out: Tiny Sark Named First 'Dark-Sky' Island". NPR. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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