Micoud, Saint Lucia
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Micoud is a village of around 2,700 inhabitants situated on the east coast of Saint Lucia
. It was named after Baron de Micoud, who was the French governor of Saint Lucia in the 18th Century.
More recently it has been known as the home town and constituency seat of Sir John Compton, who was the Premier of Saint Lucia from 1967-1979, then Prime Minister in 1979, 1982-1996 and 2006-2007.
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
. It was named after Baron de Micoud, who was the French governor of Saint Lucia in the 18th Century.
More recently it has been known as the home town and constituency seat of Sir John Compton, who was the Premier of Saint Lucia from 1967-1979, then Prime Minister in 1979, 1982-1996 and 2006-2007.