Parishes of Jersey

The parishes of Jersey (Jèrriais: Les pâraisses dé Jèrri) are the twelve civil parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. They are also historic ecclesiastical parishes, each sharing its name with an ancient parish church. All twelve parishes have a coastline.

The parishes are ancient institutions, with origins in Jersey's ecclesiastical history and in the Norman customary law from which much of Jersey law developed. Each parish is headed by an elected connétable, who also sits in the States Assembly, and is supported by other elected parish officers and the parish assembly.

In modern Jersey, the parishes retain a limited range of local administrative functions. These include refuse collection, parish roads and aspects of local policing through the Honorary Police. Many public services are instead provided on an island-wide basis by the Government of Jersey or other public bodies.