Vingtaine

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the measure of the same name, see Vingtaine (unit) .

The division of Jersey into Parishes and Vingtaines (1694 map)

Vingtaines , formerly also Vintaines , are the territorial subdivisions of eleven of the twelve parishes of Jersey . While there are a total of 48 Vingtaines in these eleven parishes, the parish of Saint Ouen is divided into six cueilettes . In the past, the ten parishes on Guernsey were also divided into Vingtaines.

The term "Vingtaine" is derived from the French numeral vingt (twenty), and originally referred to a district that comprised twenty households , houses or families.

Only the Vingtaine de la Ville in Saint Helier , the capital of Jersey, is further subdivided, namely into two cantons .

Even today the Vingteniers are elected as members of the local honor police within their Vingtaines. Also in the case of the cueilettes of the commune of Saint Ouen, the elected officials are called Vingteniers .

The previous division of the ten parishes on Guernsey in Vingtaines has been abandoned. Today the term is still part of the name of Vingtaine de l'Epine for part of the parish (parish) Vale . Furthermore, the municipality of Saint Andrew is divided into La Grande Vingtaine and La Petite Vingtaine .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gregory Stevens Cox: St Peter Port 1680-1830 . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 1999. Excerpt online on Google Books , p. 14. ISBN 0-85115-758-0 .
2. ^ Darryl Mark Ogier: Reformation and Society in Guernsey . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 1996. Excerpt online on Google Books , p. 16. ISBN 0-85115-603-7 .
3. ^ William Berry: The History of the Island of Guernsey, Part of the Ancient Duchy of Normandy, from the remotest period of Antiquity to the year 1814. Excerpt online on Google Books , p. 144.