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The Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas combined statistical area is made up of six parishes in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana.The statistical area consists of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) [1] and two micropolitical statistical areas (μSAs) [2] – New Iberia, Louisiana Micropolitan Statistical Area, and Opelousas, Louisiana Micropolitical Statistical Area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 204 square miles (530 km 2), of which 192 square miles (500 km 2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km 2) (5.6%) is water. [22] It is the second-smallest parish in Louisiana by land area and smallest by total area. The southwestern portion of the parish is uninhabited timberland.
The French Creole raised-style [2] [3] main house, built in 1790, is an important architectural example in the state.The plantation has numerous outbuildings or "dependencies": a pigeonnier or dovecote, a plantation store, the only surviving French Creole barn in North America (ca. 1790), a detached kitchen, an overseer's house, a mule barn, and two slave dwellings.
Since 1982, Opelousas has hosted the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival. [19] Usually held the Saturday before Labor Day at Zydeco Park in Plaisance, the festival features a day of performances by Zydeco musicians, with the goal of keeping the genre alive. [20] Additional annual events include: Annual Gumbo Cook-off – January
Mandeville is a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2020 United States census, [2] its population was 13,192. Mandeville is located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, south of Interstate 12.
In the United States, inner suburbs (sometimes known as "first-ring" suburbs) are the older, more densely populated communities of a metropolitan area with histories that significantly predate those of their suburban or exurban counterparts. Most inner suburbs share a common border with the principal city of the metropolitan area and developed ...
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Pointe Coupee is the oldest settlement on the lower Mississippi, having been made by some wandering Canadian trappers as early as 1708. Bienville established this place as a military post, before the commencement of New Orleans. The fort was moved in 1722 to an area near the present St. Francisville Ferry landing.