A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military component with jurisdiction in civil law enforcement.The term maréchaussée (or marshalcy) may also be used (e.g., Royal Marechaussee) but is now uncommon.. The Maritime Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie Maritime) is a component of the French National Gendarmerie under operational control of the chief of staff of the French Navy.It employs 1,100 personnel and operates around thirty patrol boats and high-speed motorboats distributed on the littoral waterways of France. The term gendarme (English: / ˈ ʒ ɒ n d ɑːr m /) is derived from the medieval French expression gens d'armes, which translates to "men-at-arms" (literally, "armed people"). The National Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie nationale [ʒɑ̃daʁməʁi nɑsjɔnal]) is one of two national police forces of France, along with the National Police.It is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior—with additional duties to the Ministry of Defense. Een gendarmerie (verbastering van het Franse gens d' armes, krijgsvolk, letterlijk lieden met wapens) is een dienst die algemene politietaken uitvoert en (van oorsprong) een onderdeel van het leger is. Although pioneered in France, the concept of a gendarmerie was adopted by several other European nations during the Napoleonic Wars. A gendarmerie (/ ʒ ɒ n ˈ d ɑːr m ər i, ʒ ɒ̃-/) is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. It remains an integral part of the military …