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In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from Natchitoches, as were Madison and Caldwell parishes in the east. In 1839, Union Parish was formed from Ouachita, and Calcasieu was formed from St. Landry in 1840. Five parishes were created in 1843: Bossier, DeSoto, Franklin, Sabine, and Tensas.
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Category:Louisiana parishes. Category. : Louisiana parishes. 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. Louisiana has 64 parishes.
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]
Acadiana (French and Louisiana French: L'Acadiane), also known as Cajun Country (Louisiana French: Le Pays Cadien), is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that has historically contained much of the state's Francophone population. [1] Many inhabitants of Cajun Country have Acadian ancestry and identify as Cajuns or Creoles. [2]
Crowley (Local pronunciation: / ˈkræli /) is a city in, and the parish seat of, Acadia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [2] At the 2020 United States census, Crowley had a population of 11,710. [3] Crowley is the principal city of the Crowley micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Acadia Parish.
St. Mary Parish (French: Paroisse de Sainte-Marie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,406. [1] The parish seat is Franklin. [2] The parish was created in 1811. [3] St. Mary Parish comprises the Morgan City, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Lafayette ...
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).