Theme Week Channel Islands – Sark

Wednesday, 8 June 2011 - 03:47 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination:
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© Phillip Capper

© Phillip Capper

Sark is a small island in the Channel Islands in southwestern English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. It is a Royal Fief, geographically located in the Channel Islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population of about 600. Sark’s economy depends primarily on tourism. Sark has an area of 2.10 square miles (5.44 km2).

Sercquiais (Sarkese, or sometimes called Sark-French) is a dialect of the Norman language still spoken by older inhabitants of the island. Its use has declined in recent years due to a large influx of people who have moved to Sark.

Visitor Centre © Man vyi Sark Coupee © Clemensfranz Old silver mine © Hannes2 Le Manoir Cottages, first home of the Seigneurs of Sark, former church and school © Hannes2 © Aotearoa Dove-cote on the grounds of La Seigneurie © Hannes2 Anglican church of Sark © Hannes2 Seigneurie of Sark © H de Vegt © Phillip Capper
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Le Manoir Cottages, first home of the Seigneurs of Sark, former church and school © Hannes2
In January 2011 Sark was designated a Dark Sky Community, and the first Dark Sky Island in the world, by the International Dark-Sky Association. This designation recognises that Sark is sufficiently clear of light pollution to allow naked-eye astronomy. Though Sark was aided in its achievement by its location, its historic ban on cars and lack of public lighting, it was also necessary for local residents to make adjustments, such as re-siting lights, to cut the light pollution. Following an audit in 2010 by the IDA the designation was made in January 2011. The award is significant in that Sark is the first island community to have achieved this; other Dark-Sky Places have, up to now, been mainly uninhabited areas, and IDA Chairman Martin Morgan-Taylor commended Sark residents for their effort.

Sark also exercises jurisdiction over the island of Brecqhou, only a few hundred feet west of Greater Sark. It is a private island that is not open to visitors. Since 1993 Brecqhou has been owned by David Barclay, one of the Barclay brothers, co-owners of The Daily Telegraph.

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