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Chausey is a group of small islands, islets and rocks that forms part of the Channel Islands from a geographical point of view, but because it is under French jurisdiction it is almost never mentioned in the context of the other Channel Islands. There are no scheduled transport links between Chausey and the other Channel Islands.

Grande Île, the main island, is 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide at its widest, though this is just the tip of a substantial and complex archipelago which is exposed at low tide. Its population is about 100 people.

Chausey is administratively part of the commune of Granville in the Manche département.

The now inactive quarries exported granite, including for the construction of Mont Saint Michel. Although the -ey ending of the name Chausey may be assumed to be associated with the Norse -ey (meaning island) seen in Jersey and Guernsey, in fact the archipelago's name derives from Latin calx and probably signifies a stony place.

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island (IPA: /aɪ.lɪnd/) or isle (IPA: /aɪ.ʌl
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Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche, French: Îles Anglo-Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy, but dependent on the British Crown.
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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Grande-Île is the largest of the islands of Chausey located near the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy in France.

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archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Greek arkhon (arkhi-) ("leader") and pelagos ("sea").
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Administrative divisions of France

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Granville is a coastal commune of the Manche (french name for the Channel) département, in France. The town has approximately 15,000 inhabitants. These are termed Granvillais.
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Manche

Coat of arms of the Manche department
Location

Administration
Department number: 50
Region: Basse-Normandie
Prefecture: Saint-Lô
Subprefectures: Avranches
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A department (French: département, Spanish: departamento) is a geographically defined area of a centralized state which functions as an administrative unit, usually at provincial level, with
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Granite (IPA: /ˈɡrænɪt/) is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granites are usually medium to coarsely crystalline, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the
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State Party  France
Type Cultural
Criteria i, iii, vi
Reference 80
Region Europe and North America

Inscription History
Inscription 1979  (3rd Session)
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Old Norse}}} 
Writing system: Runic, later Latin alphabet.
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: non
ISO 639-3: non

Old Norse
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Anthem
"God Save the Queen"  (official)
"Ma Normandie" ("My Normandy")  (official for occasions when distinguishing anthem required)
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Anthem
"God Save the Queen" (official)
"Sarnia Cherie" (official for occasions when distinguishing anthem required)


Capital St Peter Port

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Latin}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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