St. James Parish, Louisiana

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parish of Louisiana

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

Aliases (2)

Saint James Parish ×2
River Parishes region of Louisiana ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parish of Louisiana →
borderedBy	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	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 NERFINISHED → Vacherie, Louisiana NERFINISHED →
hasTraditionalCrop	sugarcane →
isRural	true →
knownFor	Creole culture → sugarcane plantations →
largestSettlement	Lutcher, Louisiana NERFINISHED →
legalSystem	Louisiana civil law system →
locatedIn	Mississippi River industrial corridor → United States Census Bureau’s New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area → southeastern Louisiana →
locatedInRegion	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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Montego Bay ("Saint James Parish") →	isCapitalOf
Montego Bay ("Saint James Parish") →	locatedIn
St. James Parish, Louisiana ("River Parishes region of Louisiana") →	locatedInRegion
Henry Hobson Richardson →	placeOfBirth