Vingtaine de Samarès is one of the three
vingtaine
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s of the Parish of
St. Clement in
Jersey
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,
Channel Islands
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.
It takes its name from the
salt marsh
A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. I ...
that used to occupy much of the area of this low-lying coastal vingtaine.
Samarès used to be served by the
Jersey Eastern Railway. The local train station was opened on 7 August 1873, and closed on 21 June 1929. The station building still exists, and is now a private house.
Places in the vingtaine
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Samarès Manor
*Samarès primary school
*
Mont Ubé and its dolmen
*La Grève d'Azette, a sandy beach which spans from ''Le Dicq'' to ''
La Motte''
*
FB Playing Fields, sports pitches and facilities
*Rocque Berg, the Witches' Rock connected with beliefs of witchcraft
*
La Motte, a
tidal island
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and prehistoric site
File:Mangni d'Sanmathès Saint Cliément Jèrri Mai 2011 35.jpg, Samarès Manor in 2011
File:Samarès train station.jpg, The former train station
File:Rue de Samarès.jpg, A house on Rue de Samarès
File:Dolmen du Mont Ubé, Jèrri 2.jpg, The dolmen at Mont Ubé
See also
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Vingtaine du Rocquier
*
Grande Vingtaine
Footnotes and references
Samares
Saint Clement, Jersey
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