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Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, and 304 cities, towns, and villages. Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population.
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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Interactive Map of Louisiana Parishes. Click on any of the counties on the map to see the parishes population, economic data, time zone, and zip code (the data will appear below the map ). Data is sourced from the US Census 2021.
List of Cities and Towns in Louisiana. Place Name. County. Total ZIP Codes. Population (2022) Abbeville. Vermilion Parish. 1. 12,267.
The richest town in Louisiana is Central and Monroe is considered as the poorest city in the state. The U.S. state of Louisiana has 64 parishes (counties). This is list of Louisiana Counties and County Seats in alphabetical order along with check their population, areas and the date of formation.
S.nParishParish SeatPopulation1Acadia ParishCrowley61,7732Allen ParishOberlin25,7643Ascension ParishDonaldsonville107,2154Assumption ParishNapoleonville23,421The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states of the United States are divided into counties (Alaska is divided into boroughs and census areas). Thirty-eight parishes are governed by a council called the Police Jury .
This is list of largest, popular Cities & towns in Louisiana by population and County. The largest cities of Louisiana are New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette and Lake Charles.
