St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

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St. Tammany Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany; Spanish: Parroquia de St. Tammany; Louisiana Creole French: Parwas Sen Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after Tamanend, the famed Lenape Chief of Chiefs and the "Patron Saint of America." At the 2020 census, the population was 264,570, making it the fourth-most populous parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is Covington. The parish was founded in 1810. St. Tammany Parish comprises the Slidell–Mandeville–Covington metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell combined statistical area. St. Tammany Parish is one of the fastest-growing parishes in the state, along with Livingston and Ascension. The population has quadrupled since 1970, and is expected to double again by 2030, expecting to diversify the population of the parish. Though it was not heavily directly damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the community is growing in large part due to subsequent displacement...

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