Vingtaine

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A vingtaine (literally "group of twenty" in French) is a political subdivision of Jersey. They are subdivisions of the various parishes of Jersey, and one, La Vingtaine de la Ville (The Vingtaine of the town), in Saint Helier is further divided into two cantons.

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St. Ouen has cueillettes (Jèrriais: Tchilliettes) instead of vingtaines.

In each vingtaine, vingteniers and Constable's officers (in French: officiers du Connétable) are elected as part of Jersey's Honorary Police system. They do not have to live within the vingtaine or cueillette they represent, but they must live in the parish they represent (except in St. Helier, where ratepayers and mandataires are eligible).

Vingteniers are elected by a Parish Assembly of electors and ratepayers for a term of three years but are elected to a particular vingtaine (or cueillette) in that Parish. Vingteniers carry out general community policing in the parish, and fulfill administrative roles within their vingtaine in respect of tasks such as the Visite du Branchage.

Constable's Officers are elected to serve a vingtaine or cueillette at an Assembly of the electors of that Parish. They assist the Centeniers and vingteniers of the parish with community policing.

Roads Inspectors are elected to serve a vingtaine or cueillette at an Assembly of the electors of the Parish. They are responsible to for maintaining the highways and byways of the Vingtaine. Along with Honorary Police they are sworn in as officers by the Royal Court. Roads Inspectors report to and must enforce the decisions of the Roads Committee of the Parish.

Table of Vingtaines

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Vingtaines of Jersey
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Parishes of Jersey
_id [1] Vingtaine Parish area
hectares [2] 		population [1] density
per km²
1La Vingtaine de la Rocque Grouville 98.35914929.3 1
2La Vingtaine de la Rue Grouville220.25441200.2
3La Vingtaine de Longueville Grouville198.40728366.9
4La Vingtaine des Marais Grouville304.4033181090.0
5La Vingtaine de la Moye Saint Brélade 338.012161639.3
6La Vingtaine de Noirmont Saint Brélade342.392505731.6
7La Vingtaine des Quennevais Saint Brélade483.9053581107.3
8La Vingtaine du Coin Saint Brélade163.16988605.5
9La Grande Vingtaine St Clement 169.8622921349.3
10La Vingtaine de Samarès Saint Clement219.8268753127.6 2
11La Vingtaine du Rocquier Saint Clement49.117581543.5
12 Canton de Bas de la Vingtaine de la Ville St Helier 33.2213974205.3 6
13 Canton de Haut de la Vingtaine de la Ville St Helier179.6597845446.1 6
14La Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Prêtre St Helier44.96578012855.9
15La Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Prêtre St Helier189.0229391554.9
16La Vingtaine du Mont à l'Abbé St Helier334.4872072154.7
17La Vingtaine du Mont Cochon St Helier125.8919891580.0
18La Vingtaine du Rouge Bouillon St Helier56.92672611816.6
19La Vingtaine de Hérupe St John 227.44861378.6
20La Vingtaine du Douet Saint John370.62769207.5
21La Vingtaine du Nord Saint John322.061421441.2
22La Vingtaine de la Vallée St Lawrence 67.6920463022.6
23La Vingtaine du Coin Hâtain Saint Lawrence230.06446193.9
24La Vingtaine du Coin Motier Saint Lawrence227.76622273.1
25La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis NordSaint Lawrence91.18560614.2
26La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud Saint Lawrence157.19356226.5
27La Vingtaine du Haut de la Valle Saint Lawrence207.931531736.3
28La Vingtaine de Faldouet St Martin 221.981107498.7
29La Vingtaine de la Quéruée Saint Martin186.181087583.8
30La Vingtaine de l'Église Saint Martin109.81598544.6
31La Vingtaine de Rozel Saint Martin405.63722178.0 3
32La Vingtaine du Fief de la Reine Saint Martin104.53434415.2
33La Vingtaine du Nord St Mary 359.69539149.9 4
34La Vingtaine du Sud Saint Mary295.611279432.7
35La Cueillette de Grantez St Ouen 206.05542263.0 5
36La Cueillette de Millais Saint Ouen268.701452540.4 5
37La Cueillette de Vinchelez Saint Ouen293.79947322.3 5
38La Cueillette de Léoville Saint Ouen347.43446128.4 5
39La Grande Cueillette Saint Ouen298.48583195.3 5
40La Petite Cueillette Saint Ouen119.38236197.7 5
41La Grande Vingtaine St Peter 366.65837228.3
42La Vingtaine de St. Nicolas Saint Peter254.002102827.6
43La Vingtaine des Augerez Saint Peter183.15506276.3
44La Vingtaine du Coin Varin Saint Peter140.20312222.5
45La Vingtaine du Douet Saint Peter230.921507652.6
46La Vingtaine de la Grande Longueville St Saviour 112.61468415.6
47La Vingtaine de la Petite Longueville Saint Saviour148.6751093436.5
48La Vingtaine de Maufant Saint Saviour239.251152481.5
49La Vingtaine de Sous la Hougue Saint Saviour80.58764948.1
50La Vingtaine de Sous l'Église Saint Saviour158.1648463064.0
51La Vingtaine des Pigneaux Saint Saviour189.061565827.8
52La Vingtaine de la Croiserie Trinity 144.21287199.0
53La Vingtaine de la Ville-à-l'Évêque Trinity350.91707201.5
54La Vingtaine de Rozel Trinity342.20811237.0
55La Vingtaine des Augrès Trinity183.24676368.9
56La Vingtaine du Rondin Trinity234.07874373.4

Notes

^1 includes the remote and uninhabited Minquiers [3]
^2 includes La Motte Island
^3 including the remote and uninhabited Écréhous and Les Dirouilles
^4 including the remote and uninhabited Pierres de Lecq
^5 Unusually, the subdivisions of St Ouen parish are not named vingtaines, they are instead named cueillettes
^6 This canton is a subdivision of la Vingtaine de la Ville

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References

  1. 1 2 opendata.gov.je: Population by Vingtaines
  2. ↑ E-Mail from Statistics@gov.je on 2024-11-26 at 14:31
  3. ↑ Christian Fleury, Henry Johnson: The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context: contemporary issues and cross perspectives on border islands, reefs and rocks. In: Island Studies Journal, Vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 163 – 180, Nov. 2015
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