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In the movie In the Electric Mist, Deputy Jason J. Bayard was from the fictional St. Clare Parish. In the DC Comics Universe, Belle Reve Parish is a parish in Louisiana that contains the Bell Reve Penitentiary. In the movie The Green Mile, a fictional parish named Trapingus Parish is featured in the movie.
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]
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).
Parishes in Louisiana are the equivalent of counties in other U.S. states. For church buildings or congregations see Category:Churches in Louisiana . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parishes of Louisiana .
Lafayette Parish is a part of the region of Acadiana in southern Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 269 square miles (700 km 2), of which 269 square miles (700 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2) (0.2%) is water. [6]
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Louisiana issues official burn ban in 18 parishes, what does this mean for residents?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 1,542 square miles (3,990 km 2), of which 1,173 square miles (3,040 km 2) is land and 369 square miles (960 km 2) (24%) is water. [4] It is the fifth-largest parish in Louisiana by total area. The Gulf of Mexico is located to the south of the parish.