Sark
Sark | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Government of the United Kingdom | |
• Minister | Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede |
| 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) |
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Sark (Sercquiais: Sèr or Cerq, French: Sercq) is an island in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, and part of the archipelago of the Channel Islands. It is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, with its own set of laws based on Norman law, and its own parliament. It was a royal fiefdom until 2008, when the Constitution of Sark went into effect.
Sark has a population of about 500. Including the nearby island of Brecqhou, it 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 is one of the few 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.