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from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish. Catahoula Lake, formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a Taensa/Natchez word meaning big, clear lake: 8,414: 739 sq mi (1,914 km 2) Claiborne Parish: 027: Homer: 1828: from part of Natchitoches Parish. Governor of Louisiana William C. C. Claiborne: 13,670: 768 sq mi (1,989 km 2 ...
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, 64 cities, 130 towns, and 106 villages. [2] Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population. [1] According to the 2015 Louisiana Laws ...
In 1912 Calcasieu Parish still comprised an area of more than 3,600 square miles (9,300 km 2), and remained the largest parish in the state by geographic area. In 1912, "Imperial Calcasieu" was further divided with the creation of the three new parishes of Allen , Beauregard , and Jefferson Davis , with a total area of approximately 2,548 ...
The U.S. state of Louisiana has a total of ten metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs); 37 of Louisiana's sixty-four (64) parishes are classified as metropolitan. [1] According to the 2020 United States census, these parishes had a combined population of 3,918,560 (84.1% of the state's population).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 2,082 square miles (5,390 km 2), of which 1,232 square miles (3,190 km 2) is land and 850 square miles (2,200 km 2) (41%) is water. [6] It is the fifth-largest parish in Louisiana by land area and third-largest by total area. The Gulf of Mexico is located to the south of the ...
Ouachita Parish (French: Paroisse d'Ouachita) is a parish located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,368. [1] The parish seat and largest city is Monroe. [2] The parish was formed in 1807. [3] Ouachita Parish is part of the Monroe, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 303 square miles (780 km 2), of which 290 square miles (750 km 2) is land and 13 square miles (34 km 2) (4.2%) is water. [12] It is the fourth-smallest parish in Louisiana by total area.
St. Martin Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Martin) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, founded in 1811. Its parish seat is St. Martinville , and the largest city is Breaux Bridge . [ 1 ]