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Named in honour of the French Governor de Micoud, who ruled St Lucia from 1768 to 1771, the relatively sizeable town of MICOUD spreads back from the sheltered bay of Port Micoud. The suitability of the harbour to fishing, and the ready availability of fresh water from the Troumasse River , which borders the town to the south, are the principal factors cited by archeologists as evidence of intense Amerindian presence in the area. Some nine settlements are believed to have existed in the Micoud Quarter, and to have been rapidly abandoned after the arrival of European settlers in the eighteenth century. Aside from the pretty bay, dotted with fishing boats and churches, Micoud is best known as the birthplace of the island's first prime minister, John Compton , though there's nothing to commemorate the connection. The town is also renowned as a particularly enthusiastic focal point for two island-wide carnivalesque religious festivals: La Rose in August and La Marguerite in October.
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