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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Chapters: Buildings and structures in Alderney, Football venues in Alderney, History of Alderney, Lighthouses in Alderney, People from Alderney, Politics of Alderney, Transport in Alderney, Atlantic Wall, Saint Anne, Alderney, Braye Harbour, SS Stella, Aurigny Air Services, Casquets, Alderney Society Museum, Alderney Airport, Leader of Alderney, Ortac, Mignot Memorial Hospital, John Beaman, Thomas Le Mesurier, Burhou, Alderney Railway, Auregnais, States of Alderney, Alderney Steam Packet Company, Alderney official football team, Geology of Alderney, Tourism in Alderney, Alderney Lighthouse, Alderney pound, Peter Allen, Norman Browse, States of Alderney Member, Alderney Wildlife Trust, Fort Tourgis, Henry Gauvain, John Le Mesurier, Alderney Gambling Control Commission, The Swinge, Flag of Alderney, Arsenal Ground, Banknote of Alderney, President of the States of Alderney. Excerpt: Alderney (French: , Auregnais: Aoeur'gny) is the most northerly of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide. The area is 3 square miles (7.8 km), making it the third largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick. It is around 10 miles (16 km) to the west of La Hague in the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, in France, 20 miles (32 km) to the north-east of Guernsey and 60 miles (97 km) from the south coast of England. It is the closest of the Channel Islands to France as well as being the closest to England. It is separated from Cap de la Hague by the dangerous Race of Alderney (Le Raz). The island has a population of only 2, 400 people and they are traditionally nicknamed vaques after the cows, or else lapins after the many rabbits seen in the island. Formally, they are known as Ridunians, from the Latin Riduna. The only parish of Alderney is the parish of St. Anne which covers the whole island. The main town, St. Anne, ('La Ville' or simply 'Town' in English) is referred to as 'St Anne's'. It features an imposing church and unevenly cobbled high street. There is a primary school, a secondary school, and a post office as well as hotels, restaurants, banks and shops. Alderney shares a history with the other Channel Islands, becoming an island in the Neolithic period as the waters of the Channel rose. Formerly rich in dolmens, like the other Channel Islands, Alderney with its heritage of megaliths has suffered through the large-scale military constructions of the 19th century and also by the Germans during the WWII occupation, who left the remains at Les Pourciaux unrecognisable as dolmens. A cist survives near Fort Tourgis, and Longis Common has remains of an Iron Age site. There are traces of Roman occupation. The etymology of the Island's name is obscure. It is known in Latin as Riduna but as with the names of all the Channel Islands i