Vingtaine

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title: "Vingtaine" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["vingtaines-of-jersey", "types-of-administrative-division", "administrative-divisions-in-europe"] description: "Political subdivision of Jersey in the Channel Islands" topic_path: "general/vingtaines-of-jersey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vingtaine" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Political subdivision of Jersey in the Channel Islands ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Almanach_Nouvelle_Chronique_de_Jersey_1891_carte_de_Jersey.jpg" caption="This map, published 1891, shows the location of vingtaines and cueillettes in Jersey"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Carte_Jèrri_1694.jpg" caption="Map of 1694 of vingtaines and cueilettes in Jersey"] ::

-- 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.

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

| align = left | image1 = Jersey_Vingtaines_numbered_mod.jpg | caption1 = Vingtaines of Jersey | image2 = Parishes of Jersey.svg | caption2 = Parishes of Jersey ::data[format=table] | _id | Vingtaine || Parish || area hectares || population || density per km² || | |---|---| | 1 | La Vingtaine de la Rocque | | 2 | La Vingtaine de la Rue | | 3 | La Vingtaine de Longueville | | 4 | La Vingtaine des Marais | | 5 | La Vingtaine de la Moye | | 6 | La Vingtaine de Noirmont | | 7 | La Vingtaine des Quennevais | | 8 | La Vingtaine du Coin | | 9 | La Grande Vingtaine | | 10 | La Vingtaine du Rocquier | | 11 | La Vingtaine de Samarès | | 12 | Canton de Bas de la Vingtaine de la Ville | | 13 | Canton de Haut de la Vingtaine de la Ville | | 14 | La Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Prêtre | | 15 | La Vingtaine du Rouge Bouillon | | 16 | La Vingtaine du Mont à l'Abbé | | 17 | La Vingtaine du Mont Cochon | | 18 | La Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Prêtre | | 19 | La Vingtaine de Hérupe | | 20 | La Vingtaine du Nord | | 21 | La Vingtaine du Douet | | 22 | La Vingtaine Bas de la Vallée | | 23 | La Vingtaine du Coin Hâtain | | 24 | La Vingtaine du Coin Motier | | 25 | La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Nord | | 26 | La Vingtaine du Coin Tourgis Sud | | 27 | La Vingtaine Haut de la Vallée | | 28 | La Vingtaine de Faldouet | | 29 | La Vingtaine de la Quéruée | | 30 | La Vingtaine de l'Église | | 31 | La Vingtaine de Rozel | | 32 | La Vingtaine du Fief de la Reine | | 33 | La Vingtaine du Nord | | 34 | La Vingtaine du Sud | | 35 | La Cueillette de Grantez | | 36 | La Cueillette de Léoville | | 37 | La Cueillette de Millais | | 38 | La Cueillette de Vinchelez | | 39 | La Grande Cueillette | | 40 | La Petite Cueillette | | 41 | La Grande Vingtaine | | 42 | La Vingtaine de St. Nicolas | | 43 | La Vingtaine des Augerez | | 44 | La Vingtaine du Coin Varin | | 45 | La Vingtaine du Douet | | 46 | La Vingtaine de la Petite Longueville | | 47 | La Vingtaine de la Grande Longueville | | 48 | La Vingtaine de Maufant | | 49 | La Vingtaine de Sous la Hougue | | 50 | La Vingtaine de Sous l'Église | | 51 | La Vingtaine des Pigneaux | | 52 | La Vingtaine de la Croiserie | | 53 | La Vingtaine de la Ville-à-l'Évêque | | 54 | La Vingtaine de Rozel | | 55 | La Vingtaine des Augrès | | 56 | La Vingtaine du Rondin | ::

Notes

:{{note|1|1|includes the remote and uninhabited MinquiersChristian 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 : : : : :

References

References

1. [https://opendata.gov.je/dataset/2021-census/resource/8a69b1b1-2675-44a1-93e4-a5b346959032?view_id=47828236-f6fb-4298-b6c6-1834be63560a opendata.gov.je: Population by Vingtaines]
2. E-Mail from Statistics@gov.je on 2024-11-26 at 14:31

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