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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. St. Ouen has cueillettes 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 vingtaine or cueillette. They assist the centeniers and vingteniers of the parish with community policing. By parish, the vingtaines are as follows- GROUVILLE
The Minquiers are part of the parish of Grouville, but are uninhabited. ST BRéLADE ST CLEMENT ST HELIER
ST JOHN ST LAWRENCE
ST MARTIN
The Ecréhous are part of the parish of St. Martin, but are uninhabited. ST MARY ST OUEN Unusually, the subdivisions of this parish are not named ''vingtaines''.
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