Vingtaine de la Rocque

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Vingtaine de la Rocque
La Rocque
Vingtaine
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The harbour of La Rocque formerly sustained a fishing community
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Vingtaine de la Rocque
The vingtaine shown within the Channel Islands
Coordinates: 49°9′56″N2°1′56″W / 49.16556°N 2.03222°W / 49.16556; -2.03222
Crown Dependency Jersey, Channel Islands
Parish Grouville

Vingtaine de la Rocque is one of the four vingtaines of Grouville Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey. [1] It includes the uninhabited Minquiers. [2]

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Transport

The Jersey Eastern Railway opened a station, at La Rocque, on 7 August 1873. The station was subsequently closed on 21 June 1929, and the station no longer exists. [3]

Harbour

La Rocque harbour lies within the vingtaine. [4]

Nature

A little egret on the beach at La Rocque Little Egret at La Rocque Jersey.jpg
A little egret on the beach at La Rocque

Waders and seabirds make regular use of the exposed shoreline and nearby fields for feeding. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Grouville - Home". parish.gov.je.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ "La Rocque Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Domesday Reloaded: LA ROCQUE HARBOUR". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Jersey Birds. "Locations - La Rocque". Jersey Birds. Retrieved 9 October 2012.


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