Sark
Sark (Sercquiais: Sèr or Cerq) is a part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population of about 500. Sark (including the nearby island of Brecqhou) has an area of 2.10 square miles (5.44 km2). Little Sark is a peninsula joined by a natural but high and very narrow isthmus to the rest of Sark Island.
Sark | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "God Save the King" | |
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 |
• Density | 103/km2 (266.8/sq mi) |
| Currency | (GBP) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (GMT) |
| UTC+01:00 (BST) | |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +44 |
| UK postcode | |
| ISO 3166 code | GG (CQ reserved) |
| Internet TLD | .gg (.cq reserved) |
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. In 2011, Sark was designated as a Dark Sky Community and the first Dark Sky Island in the world.