Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Guernsey
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Guernsey consists of the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Alderney , Sark
and Herm
(along with some other, uninhabited, islands). It is a Crown Dependency, and therefore not part of the United Kingdom. Except in matters of foreign affairs and defence, it is effectively an independent nation, and its inhabitants are fiercely proud of their status. The words ‘United Kingdom’, ‘Great Britain’ or ‘England’ should not be used in addresses - it is better to use ‘Channel Islands’.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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Guernsey - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Guernsey - Number format
Note: This section last updated 26th April 2021
1,234.45
(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)
Guernsey - Date and time formats
Note: This section last updated 26th April 2021
dd/mm/yyyy
Both the 12-hour and 24-hour clock notations are used.
14:32
Guernsey - Languages
English is the official language. A Norman patois, which has no written form, is spoken in some parishes.
Guernsey - Company legal forms
These company types exist in Guernsey
Branch of an overseas’ company Company limited by guarantee Exempt insurance company Exempt investment scheme Exempt private company General partnership International company International trust Limited partnership Private company limited by shares Trust
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Guernsey - Personal names, addresses
Note: This section last updated 16th July 2020
To a great extent, the same rules and formats apply as in the United Kingdom. The settlement name used is usually that of the parish . These parishes are:
Castel
Forest
St Andrew’s
St Martin’s
St Peters in the Wood
St Peter Port
St Sampson’s
St Saviour’s
Torteval
Vale
The name of the island (Guernsey, Alderney, Herm or Sark) is also written. The address is therefore structured as follows:
Contact name
{Job Title}
{Company Name}
{Building Name}
{number[ ]}Thoroughfare name[ ]Thoroughfare type
PARISH
Island
POSTAL CODE
Apart from social housing, most residences in Guernsey are named rather than numbered, and often new residents change the name, so addresses change often.
Street name boards in St Peter Port. Source: Wikipedia
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
Guernsey - Post office box
This is written PO Box.
Guernsey - Postal codes
A postal code (known locally as Postcode) system was introduced into Guernsey only in June 1993. Each postal code begins with the letters GY. The format of the code is:
[GY]9[ ]9AA
or
[GY]99[ ]9AA
For example:
GY2 2BT
GY9 codes cover Alderney and GY10 Sark.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
Guernsey - Postal code format graphic
Guernsey - Postal code format
Guernsey - Postal code specifics
n/a.
Guernsey - Postal code regular expression
\A((GY)[0-9]( )[0-9][A-Z][A-Z]|(GY)[0-9][0-9]( )[0-9][A-Z][A-Z])\Z
Guernsey - Postal code map
n/a
Guernsey - Postal code level of coverage
Place names in Guernsey
Note: This section last updated 22nd January 2016
Refer to Exonyms in Guernsey for full lists of place names in Guernsey in other languages.
Guernsey - Administrative districts
Guernsey has 10 parishes, used in addresses. Please refer to the section “Personal names, addresses” above for a list of these parishes.
Administrative districts graphic
Properties with value Guernsey
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Local short name form
References
- ^ citypopulation.de/en/guernsey/
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