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Rotary International Clock (1916), with Alexandria City Hall (constructed 1963) in the background. Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat and largest city of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state.
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
Louisiana Highway 28 (LA 28) is a state highway located in central Louisiana. It runs 86.97 miles (139.96 km) in an east–west direction from the junction of U.S. Highway 171 (US 171) and LA 8 in Leesville to US 84 west of Jonesville .
This organized the state into seven judicial districts, each consisting of groups of parishes. In 1816, the first official map of the state used the term parish, as did the 1845 constitution. Since then, the official term for Louisiana's primary civil divisions has been parishes. The 19 original parishes were joined by Catahoula Parish in 1808.
Rapides Parish (/ ˈ r æ p iː d z /) (French: Paroisse des Rapides) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130,023. [1] The parish seat and largest city is Alexandria, which developed along the Red River of the South. [2] Rapides is the French word for "rapids".
The Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in central Louisiana that covers two parishes – Rapides and Grant. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 152,192 (though a July 1, 2023 estimate placed the population at 148,171).
Louisiana's incumbent representatives and their voters are on pins and needles as they await a federal three-judge panel's ruling on whether the state's new congressional map that created a second ...
[25] [26] The Lafayette City and Parish Councils have passed multiple resolutions to proceed with the project with the most recent one being passed by the Louisiana State Legislature in late-May 2024. Before funding can be secured and construction can begin, the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and the Secondary Record of ...