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Monroe is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, [4] it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, the second-largest metropolitan area in North Louisiana.
The City of Monroe, Louisiana is an economic, educational, and medical hub for Northeast Louisiana, with the largest projected job growth over the next 2 years.
Monroe, city, seat (1807) of Ouachita parish, northeastern Louisiana, U.S., on the Ouachita River, opposite West Monroe. It was founded in 1785, when a group of French pioneers from southern Louisiana under Don Juan (later John) Filhiol, a Frenchman in the Spanish service, established Fort Miro.
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Nov 12, 2023 · Nestled in the state of Louisiana (or Pelican State), Monroe is an awesome city to be in, with many significant old mansions now converted into museums. There is the Biedenharn Museum and Gardens, owned by Mr. Biedenharn, who was the first person to bottle Coca-Cola, and the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, which has close to 500 wild animals.
Jul 23, 2022 · The largest city in Northeast Louisiana is on the west bank of the Ouachita River, facing off against its neighbor West Monroe. Monroe is named after a paddle wheeler, the James Monroe, that made a trailblazing voyage up the Ouachita River from the Mississippi, landing here in 1819.