Vingtaine de Samarès

Vingtaine de Samarès is one of the three vingtaines of the Parish of St. Clement in Jersey, Channel Islands.^[1]

La Vingtaine de Samarès
Vingtaine
Number 10 on map
La Vingtaine de Samarès The vingtaine shown within the Channel Islands
Coordinates (Samarès Manor): 49°10′26″N 2°4′37″W
Crown Dependency	Jersey, Channel Islands
Parish	Saint Clement, Jersey
Area
• Total	2.1982 km2 (0.8487 sq mi)
Population  (2021-03-21)
• Total	6,875
• Density	3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)

It takes its name from the salt marsh^[2] 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.^[3]

Places in the vingtaine

• Samarès Manor
• Samarès primary school^[4]
• Mont Ubé and its dolmen^[5]
• 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 and prehistoric site

• 
  Samarès Manor in 2011
• 
  The former train station
• 
  A house on Rue de Samarès
• 
  The dolmen at Mont Ubé

See also

• Vingtaine du Rocquier
• Grande Vingtaine