St. James Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Founded
- March 31, 1807
- Named after
- St. James
- Seat
- Convent
- Largest town
- Lutcher
- Total
- 258 sq mi (670 km )
- Land
- 242 sq mi (630 km )
- Water
- 16 sq mi (41 km ) 6.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,938
- Density
- 83.4/sq mi (32.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .stjamesla .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
St. James Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Jacques) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Convent. The parish was created in 1807. St. James Parish is a part of the New Orleans–Metairie, Louisiana metropolitan statistical area, sitting between New Orleans and Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River. According to the 2020 United States census, the population was 20,192.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. James Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.