| Convent, Louisiana | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | St. James |
| Pushpin Map: | Louisiana |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Convent in Louisiana |
| Coordinates: | 30.0208°N -90.8297°W |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.81 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.33 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.89 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.44 |
| Elevation Ft: | 10 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 483 |
| Population Density Km2: | 47.97 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 124.26 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 70723 |
| Area Code: | 225 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-17180 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583534 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Land Km2: | 10.07 |
| Area Water Km2: | 3.74 |
Convent (French: Couvent) is a census-designated place in and the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.[2] It has been the parish seat since 1869. It is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area .
As of the 2010 census, its population was 711.[3] The 2018 median household income was $52,292 above the state's average.
The 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.[4]
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.
On February 23, 2016, an extremely large wedge tornado hit the Sugar Hill RV park with two dead and several people injured.[5] [6]
Located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the town is only 16abbr=offNaNabbr=off above sea level. Convent has an area of 5.331miles, of which 3.887miles is land and 1.444miles is water.[7]
| White alone (NH) | 226 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 203 | 31.79% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 42.03% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 467 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 255 | 65.68% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 52.80% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 1 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 2 | 0.14% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.41% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 2 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.28% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 6 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 6 | 0.84% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1.24% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 17 | 1.27% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 3.52% | |
| Total | 711 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 483 | 100.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 100.00% |
The town of Convent is home to a Royal Dutch Shell, Hydrogen cracking refinery that can produce 210k barrels of day of consumer petroleum products.[10] [11] As of July 2020, Shell was considering selling the plant.[12] The plant produces 129,000 kg of annual air emissions that are high risk, including cobalt and cobalt compounds[13] which is in high demand for the production of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.