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[a] Louisiana's usage of the term "parish" for a geographic region or local government dates back to the French colonial and Spanish colonial periods and is connected to ecclesiastical parishes. Thirty-eight parishes are governed by a council called a police jury .
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]
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 .
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This is a list of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. The archdiocese encompasses eight civil parishes in Louisiana: St. Bernard, Jefferson (except Grand Isle) [note 1], Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington. As of 2024, the archdiocese has 111 parishes and eight missions ...
List of unincorporated communities in Louisiana is the list of populated places. A Albany ... Plaquemines Parish; Grand Bayou, Red River Parish; Grand Cane; Grayson ...
This is a list of properties and districts in Louisiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in each of Louisiana's 64 parishes . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of ...
Pages in category "Parish seats in Louisiana" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.