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Normandy ( pronounced , Norman : " Normaundie ", from Old French " Normanz ", plural of " Normant ", originally from the word for " northman " in several Scandinavian languages ) is one of the regions of ___MASK71___ , roughly corresponding to the historical Duchy of Normandy . La Hague is a cape at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy , ___MASK71___ . Auregnais , Aoeur ' gnaeux or Aurignais was the Norman dialect of the Channel Island of Alderney ( French : " Aurigny ", Auregnais : " Aoeur ' gny / Auregny "). It was closely related to the Guernésiais ( ___MASK75___ ), Jèrriais ( Jersey ), Sercquiais ( Sark ) dialects of the neighbouring islands , as well as Continental Norman on the European mainland . The Channel Islands ( Norman : " Îles d ' la Manche ", French : " Îles Anglo - Normandes " or " Îles de la Manche ") are an archipelago in the English Channel , off the French coast of Normandy . They include two Crown dependencies : the Bailiwick of ___MASK83___ , consisting of ___MASK83___ , the largest of the islands ; and the Bailiwick of ___MASK75___ , consisting of ___MASK75___ , Alderney , Sark and some smaller islands . They are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy , and although they are not part of the United Kingdom , it is responsible for the defence and international relations of the islands . The Crown dependencies are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations nor of the European Union . They have a total population of about 168 , 000 , and the bailiwicks ' respective capitals , Saint Helier and Saint Peter Port , have populations of 33 , 500 and 16 , 488 , respectively . The total area of the islands is 198 km . The Alderney Railway on Alderney is the only railway in the Bailiwick of ___MASK75___ ( a British Crown dependency ), and the only working railway in the Channel Islands . ( There is a standard gauge railway at the Pallot Heritage Steam Museum in Jersey , but this provides no actual transport link , only pleasure rides .) The Alderney Railway opened in 1847 and runs for about , mostly following a coastal route , from Braye Road to Mannez Quarry and Lighthouse . Alderney ( Auregnais : " Aoeur ' gny ") is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands . It is part of the Bailiwick of ___MASK75___ , a British Crown dependency . It is long and wide . The area is , making it the third - largest island of the Channel Islands , and the second largest in the Bailiwick . It is around from the west of La Hague on the Cotentin Peninsula , Normandy , in France , from the north - east of ___MASK75___ and from the south coast of Great Britain . It is the closest of the Channel Islands to both France and the United Kingdom . It is separated from Cap de la Hague by the dangerous Alderney Race ( French : " Raz Blanchard "). The Pallot Heritage Steam Museum is a mechanical heritage museum located in Rue De Bechet in the Parish of Trinity on the island of ___MASK83___ . Mannez Quarry is a station on the Alderney Railway , in the island of Alderney . ___MASK83___ (; Jèrriais : " Jèrri " [ ri ]), officially the Bailiwick of ___MASK83___ ( Jèrriais : " Bailliage dé Jèrri "), is a Crown dependency of the United Kingdom , ruled by the Crown in right of ___MASK83___ , off the coast of Normandy , France . ___MASK83___ was part of the Duchy of Normandy , whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066 . After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century , and the ducal title surrendered to France , ___MASK83___ and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown . ___MASK75___ is a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of ___MASK75___ , a Crown dependency . Situated in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy , the jurisdiction embraces not only all ten parishes on the island of ___MASK75___ , but also the much smaller inhabited islands of Herm , Jethou and Lihou together with many small islets and rocks . The jurisdiction is not part of the Commonwealth of Nations . However , defence and most foreign relations are handled by the British Government . The Cotentin Peninsula , also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula , is a peninsula in Normandy that forms part of the northwest coast of ___MASK71___ . It extends north - westward into the English Channel , towards Great Britain . To its west lie the Channel Islands and to the southwest lies the Brittany Peninsula .