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Opelousas is home to the St. Landry Parish Airport (KOPL), owned by the St. Landry Parish Government, which has a main paved runway 5,999’ by 100’. [26] Commercial air transportation is available at Lafayette Regional Airport, about 26 miles to the south, [27] or Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, about 59 miles to the east. [28]
After Baton Rouge fell to the Union troops during the Civil War in 1862, Opelousas became the state capital for nine months. The capital was moved again in 1863, this time to Shreveport when Union troops occupied Opelousas. [10] [11] St. Landry Parish originally consisted of all the territory in the current parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, and ...
The region consists of seven parishes: Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion Parishes. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 604,784 (though a 2015 estimate placed the population at 627,146). [3] The CSA is home to a large Cajun population and is also known as the "Cajun heartland". [citation needed]
Lifetime has set its latest V.C. Andrews movie series, which will focus on the Landry family. Adapted from Andrews' best-selling Landry novels, the four-movie event will air across two consecutive ...
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]
Attakapas Parish was formally created from the Attakapas and Opelousas districts in 1805 by Governor William C. C. Claiborne. [3] It occupied the triangle between the Mermentau River on the west, the Atchafalaya River on the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. [4] In 1811, the parish was divided into St. Martin and St. Mary parishes. As ...
Eunice is a city in Acadia and St. Landry parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana.The 2010 census placed the population at 10,398, a decrease of 1,101, or 9.5 percent, from the 2000 tabulation of 11,499.
Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino is a racetrack in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, just east of Opelousas.It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming.With a one-mile oval track, the facility provides close to 1,000 horse stalls for Thoroughbred flat racing and American Quarter Horse racing.