St. James Parish, Louisiana

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St. James Parish, Louisiana is a rural parish along the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana, known historically for its sugarcane plantations and Creole culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parish of Louisiana
borderedBy Ascension Parish
surface form: Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
follows Napoleonic civil law tradition of Louisiana
governedBy St. James Parish Council
hasCulturalEvent sugarcane-related festivals
hasCulturalHeritage Cajun
surface form: Acadian (Cajun)

African American
French Creole
hasEconomySector chemical manufacturing
oil and gas refining
river transportation and logistics
hasEthnicCommunity Creole of color community
hasGeographicFeature Mississippi River levees
hasHistoricEconomicBase plantation agriculture
hasHistoricSite Laura Plantation
Oak Alley Plantation
St. Michael’s Church in Convent
hasLandUse agricultural land
industrial riverfront
hasMajorIndustry petrochemical industry
sugarcane agriculture
hasReligiousTradition Roman Catholicism
hasSettlement Convent, Louisiana
Gramercy, Louisiana
Lutcher, Louisiana
Vacherie, Louisiana
hasTraditionalCrop sugarcane
isRural true
knownFor Creole culture
sugarcane plantations
largestSettlement Lutcher, Louisiana
legalSystem Louisiana Civil Code
surface form: Louisiana civil law system
locatedIn Mississippi River industrial corridor
New Orleans metropolitan area
surface form: United States Census Bureau’s New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area

southeastern Louisiana
locatedInRegion St. James Parish, Louisiana self-linksurface differs
surface form: River Parishes region of Louisiana
locatedOn Mississippi River
parishSeat Convent, Louisiana
state Louisiana
timeZone Central Time Zone
traversedBy Louisiana Highway 3127
U.S. Route 61 NERFINISHED

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Henry Hobson Richardson placeOfBirth St. James Parish, Louisiana
Montego Bay, Jamaica locatedIn St. James Parish, Louisiana
subject surface form: Montego Bay
this entity surface form: Saint James Parish
Montego Bay, Jamaica isCapitalOf St. James Parish, Louisiana
subject surface form: Montego Bay
this entity surface form: Saint James Parish
St. James Parish, Louisiana locatedInRegion St. James Parish, Louisiana self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: River Parishes region of Louisiana
eastern Louisiana contains St. James Parish, Louisiana
this entity surface form: St. James Parish
New Orleans metropolitan area hasCountyOrParish St. James Parish, Louisiana
this entity surface form: St. James Parish