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The Baton Rouge fault is an active growth fault that runs across the southern part of East Baton Rouge Parish, including parts of the St. George area. It extends from the Mississippi River near downtown Baton Rouge to the Amite River.
The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 Census of the United States. [1] Census collects data on languages spoken at home by inhabitants of Louisiana five years of age or more. Responses "French" and "Cajun" are included.
The Cajuns ( / ˈkeɪdʒənz /; French: les Cadjins [le kadʒɛ̃] or les Cadiens [le kadjɛ̃] ), also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens ), [3] are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the U.S. state of Louisiana and surrounding Gulf Coast states. While Cajuns are usually described as the descendants of the Acadian ...
History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville provided Baton Rouge as well as Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas with their current names. The foundation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dates to 1721, at the site of a bâton rouge or "red stick" Muscogee boundary marker. It became the state capital of Louisiana in 1849.
Baton Rouge ( / ˌbætənˈruːʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; [4] it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county-equivalent), [5] [6] East Baton Rouge Parish, [7] and the ...
Louisiana Creole ( Kréyol La Lwizyàn) is a French Creole [82] language spoken by the Louisiana Creole people and sometimes Cajuns and Anglo-residents of the state of Louisiana. The language consists of elements of French, Spanish, African, and Native American roots.
Baton Rouge, United States 200 m: 22. ... USATF LA Grand Prix: Los Angeles, United States ... Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race: Toronto, Ontario, Canada 200 m: 20.26
The Bernie Moore Track Stadium is an outdoor track and field facility located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. The facility, built in 1969, serves as the outdoor home of the LSU Tigers track and field team and the LSU Lady Tigers track and field team. [1] The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,680. In 1971, the facility was renamed after former LSU football and ...