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Place Name
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Saint Charles
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Capital is
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Hahnville
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Population
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42,437 (1990)
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Location
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Louisiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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29°58'N
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Longitude
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90°25'W
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Saint Charles
, parish (
304 sq mi/787 sq km; 1990 pop.
42,437), SE La.;  Hahnville; 29°58'N 90°25'W. Bounded N by
L. Pontchartrain, SE by Salvador and Cataouatche lakes, SW by Bayou and
Lac Des Allemands; intersected by the Mississippi R. Agr. (nursery
crops, sugarcane, vegetables; cattle, horses, exotic fowl); alligators,
catfish, crabs. Oil and natural gas production and refining; other mfg.
Among earliest settlers were Germans from Ark., which gave the name
Ger. Coast to the area. Waterford nuclear power plant (opened March 4,
1985; max. capacity of 1,075 MW) is
20 mi/32 km W of New Orleans, uses cooling
water from the Mississippi R. Bonnet Carre Spillway in NW carries
floodwaters from Mississippi R. NE to L. Pontchartrain. Salvador State
Wildlife Area to S. Formed 1807.
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