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Assumption Parish ((フランス語:Paroisse de l'Assomption)) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,421.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22007.html )〕 Its parish seat is Napoleonville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was formed in 1807 as an original parish of the Orleans Territory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/Acadiana_Parishes/assumption.html )〕 Assumption Parish. is one of the twenty-two Acadiana parishes. Its major product is sugar cane. In proportion to its area, Assumption Parish produces the most sugar of any parish of Louisiana. Assumption Parish is represented in the Louisiana House of Representatives by Joe Harrison (Republican) and the Democrat Karen St. Germain. == History == In 1807, Assumption became the eighth parish of the Orleans Territory. Its history is rooted in its waterways and its large expanse of fertile soils ideal for farming. Settled in the middle 18th century by French and Spanish settlers, the area retains strong cultural ties to its past with conversational French still common among residents. Assumption was also a final destination for many of the French Acadians exiled from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1764. After the Confederacy forced the surrender of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in 1861, the Assumption Parish Police Jury appropriated $1,000 to provide uniforms for military volunteers against the Union. By contrast, Lafayette Parish contributed $6,000. Plaquemines Parish approved a gift of $10 to $15 per month for needy volunteer families.〔John D. Winters, ''The Civil War in Louisiana'', Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963, ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p. 38〕 In 1936, Assumption Parish broke heavily from state and national political trends to support Governor Alfred Landon of Kansas, the Republican nominee for U.S. President in the race against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Though Landon received only 11.1 percent of the vote in Louisiana, he took 60.6 percent in Assumption and 41.5 percent in another sugar-growing parish, Lafourche.〔Billy Hathorn, ''The Republican Party in Louisiana, 1920-1980'', (Natchitoches: Northwestern State University, 1980), p. 30〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assumption Parish, Louisiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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