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Convent, Louisiana
Convent ((フランス語:Couvent)) is a census-designated place in and the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 As of the 2010 census, its population was 711.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕
It has been the parish seat since 1869.
The town sustained damage during Hurricane Katrina, disrupting parish government activities for several months.
== History ==
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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism )〕
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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caire, Etienne J. )〕
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