Flag of Jersey
Officially Bailiwick of Jersey
Locally Jèrri
What the flag looks like
A white field with a red diagonal cross (saltire), with the badge of Jersey in the upper arm: a red shield of three gold lions beneath a yellow Plantagenet crown.
What it means
The three lions are the arms of the English kings who were also Dukes of Normandy, and the Plantagenet crown recalls the medieval English kings to whom the island stayed loyal after mainland Normandy was lost in 1204.
How to remember it
Jersey
is a red X on white with a little crowned shield of three gold lions tucked into the top; Guernsey
uses an upright cross instead.
Fun facts
- Until the badge and crown were added in 1981, Jersey flew a plain red saltire on white.
- The island gave its name both to the knitted jersey and to the Jersey breed of dairy cattle.
Jersey at a glance
- Status
- Self-governing British Crown Dependency
- Head of state
- King Charles III, as Duke of Normandy
- Capital
- Saint Helier
- Region
- Crown Dependency
- Population
- 103,267
- Area
- 120 km²
- Languages
- English, French
- Currency
- British pound (£)
- Flag adopted
- 1981
Flags often confused with Jersey
- Guernsey: Guernsey and Jersey are both white with a red cross and a gold emblem. Guernsey's red cross is upright with a gold cross laid over it; Jersey's is a diagonal X with a crowned red shield at the top.