Convent, Louisiana
| Convent, Louisiana | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | St. James |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Coordinates | 30°01′15″N 90°49′47″W / 30.02083°N 90.82972°WCoordinates: 30°01′15″N 90°49′47″W / 30.02083°N 90.82972°W |
| Area | 5.331 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| - land | 3.887 sq mi (10 km2) |
| - water | 1.444 sq mi (4 km2), 27.09% |
| Population | 711 (2010) |
| Density | 133.37/sq mi (51.49/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 225 |
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Convent (French: Couvent) is a census-designated place in and the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 711. It has been the parish seat since 1869.
Community was originally named Baron when first settled 1722 to 1739. It was the location of the St. Michael's Convent (Order of the Sacred Heart) from 1825 to 1932 and the location of Jefferson College, 1831 to 1931.
St. Michael's Church Historic District and Jefferson College (now a Jesuit retreat center called Manresa House of Retreats), along with several historic homes in Convent, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The former Jefferson College operated in Convent. Among its alumni was Etienne J. Caire, who owned the E. J. Caire Store in Edgard and was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1928 against Huey Long.Caire in 1922 had been the founded of the Manresa retreat center.
The town sustained damage during Hurricane Katrina, disrupting parish government activities for several months.
On February 23, 2016, an extremely large wedge tornado hit the Sugar Hill RV park with two dead and several people injured.
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