Vingtaine de la Moye (
Jèrriais
(french: Jersiais, also known as the Jersey Language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French in English) is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an island i ...
: "La Vîngtaine d'la Mouaie") is one of the four
vingtaine
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 ...
s of the Parish of
St. Brélade in
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
in the
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...
.
Together with the
Vingtaine des Quennevais
Vingtaine des Quennevais (Jèrriais: "La Vîngtaine des Tchennevais") is the largest of the four vingtaines of the Parish of St. Brélade in Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Together with the Vingtaine de la Moye
Vingtaine de la Moye ( Jèrriai ...
it forms part of "St. Brélade No. 2 district" and elects two Deputies.
Jersey's Prison is situated at La Moye. Also within the boundaries of the vingtaine are:
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La Corbière
La Corbière ( Jèrriais: ''La Corbiéthe'') is the extreme south-western point of Jersey in St. Brélade. The name means "a place where crows gather", deriving from the word ''corbîn'' meaning ''crow''. However, seagulls have long since dis ...
*
St Brelade's Church and the
Fisherman's Chapel
The Fishermen's Chapel (french: Chapelle-ès-Pêcheurs, Jèrriais: Chapelle ès Pêtcheurs) is a small chapel located beside St Brelade's Church in St Brelade, Jersey, by the shore at the western end of St Brelade's Bay.
History
Only a few me ...
at the western end of St Brelade's Bay
*La Pulente at the southern end of St Ouen's Bay
*a number of megalithic sites, including the dolmen at La Sergenté and La Table des Marthes
*the desalination plant
*La Lande du Ouest, a Site of Special Interest
* La Moye School
References
Vingtaines of Jersey, la Moye
Saint Brélade
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