St. Charles Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- St. Charles
- Seat
- Hahnville
- Largest community
- Luling
- Total
- 411 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Land
- 279 sq mi (720 km )
- Water
- 132 sq mi (340 km ) 32%
- Estimate 2025
- 50,586
- Density
- 188.35/sq mi (72.72/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 6th
- Website
- www .stcharlesparish .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Charles Borromeo
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Capital
- Hahnville
- Population
- 52549
- Area
- 1062
- Body of water
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Shares border with
- St. John the Baptist Parish
- Official website
- www.stcharlesgov.net
- Image
- Haleboggsbridge.jpg
- Households
- 19308
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- Commons category
- Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1807-00-00
- different from
- St. Charles County
- water as percent of area
- 32
- native label
- St. Charles Parish
- per capita income
- 34193
- category of associated people
- Category:People from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Charles Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Charles) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, its population was 52,549. The parish seat is Hahnville and the most populous community is Luling.
The parish was established in 1807, following the Louisiana Purchase by the United States in 1803. It was originally part of the German Coast, an area along the east bank of the Mississippi River that was settled by numerous German pioneers in the 1720s. This was historically an area of sugarcane plantations, but the energy industry is now the economic base of the parish. St. Charles Parish is split by the Mississippi River and includes territory on both sides of the river, the east and west banks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Charles Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.