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Founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1871, Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. The city is the parish seat of Caddo Parish. A portion of east Shreveport extends in to Bossier Parish because of the changing course of the Red River. The city of Shreveport has a mayor-council government. The City's elected officials are: the mayor ...
Chalmette (/ ʃ æ l ˈ m ɛ t / shal-MET) is a census-designated place (CDP) in, and the parish seat of, St. Bernard Parish in southeastern Louisiana, United States. [2] The 2010 census reported that Chalmette had 16,751 people; 2011 population was listed as 17,119; [3] however, the pre-Katrina population was 32,069 at the 2000 census.
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]
Louisiana's Legislature approved a new congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 that will add a second majority Black district by radically changing the 6th Congressional District boundaries.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signs into law a new congressional map that creates second majority Black district in Shreveport, Alexandria, Baton Rouge.
The 4th congressional district was created in 1843, the first new district in the state in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 U.S. census. For most of the next 150 years, the 4th was centered on Shreveport and northwestern Louisiana. However, in 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district, based on population figures.
Louisiana voters will elect six members to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2025 fall congressional elections. Louisiana voters guide to congressional elections: Here's who is on the ...
Louisiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers a backslash-shaped region stretching from Shreveport to the state capital of Baton Rouge, encompassing most of the majority-Black areas in between. The district is currently represented by Democrat Cleo Fields.