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Breaux Bridge (Ville Du Pont des Breaux) is located at 30°16'33" North, 91°54'4" West (30.275939, -91.901230)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.2 km² (6.7 mi²). 17.0 km² (6.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.65% water. ...

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David Vitter (R) Louisiana (pronounced /luːˌiːziˈænə/ or /ˌluːziˈænə/) (French: Louisiane, pronounced /lwizjan/) is a Southern state of the United States of America. It uses the U.S. postal abbreviation LA. The state is bordered to the west by the state of Texas, to the north by Arkansas, to the east by the state of Mississippi, a ...

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 23,388 people, 8,239 households, and 6,311 families residing in the parish. The population density is 27/km2 (69/mi2). There are 9,635 housing units at an average density of 11/km2 (28/mi2). The racial makeup of the parish is 67.17% White, 31.52% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 7,281 people, 2,512 households, and 1,821 families residing in the city. The population density is 429.2/km² (1,111.7/mi²). There are 2,740 housing units at an average density of 161.5/km² (418.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 49.84% White, 48.66% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. 0. ...

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Castor is located at 32°15'10" North, 93°9'54" West (32.252757, -93.164933)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. The center of the known universe. ...

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Chalmette was the location of what is often called The Battle of New Orleans where United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeated the British in 1815. The battlefield is preserved as a national monument, and a military cemetery is adjacent. On 29 August 2005 the enormous storm surge pushed by Hurricane Katrina up the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, a little-used commercial channel dug by the Army Corps of Engineers in the 1960s, inundated the entire town up to 30 feet in some places. As a result, in a little over 15 ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 32,069 people, 12,321 households, and 8,821 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 1,686.9/km² (4,369.6/mi²). There are 12,896 housing units at an average density of 678.4/km² (1,757.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP is 92.69% White, 2.39% African American, 0.44% Native American, 1.80% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.95% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. 4.81% ...

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Chalmette is located at 29°56'44" North, 89°57'42" West (29.945504, -89.961602)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 20.6 km² (7.9 mi²). 19.0 km² (7.3 mi²) of it is land and 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 7.56% water. ...

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The parish has a total area of 944 km2 (365 mi2). 877 km2 (339 mi2) of it is land and 67 km2 (26 mi2) of it is water. The total area is 7.10% water. Assumption Parish, Louisiana - Adjacent parishes. Iberville Parish & Ascension Parish (north) St. James Parish (northeast) Lafourche Parish (east) Terrebonne Parish (southeast) St. Mary Parish (southwest) Iberia P ...

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Assumption Parish was not badly affected by Hurricane Katrina as were some parishes in southeast Louisiana. There are official reports of 3 deaths in the parish. Two days before Hurricane Katrina's scheduled landfall, parish government ordered a voluntary evacuation for the entire Parish of Assumption. The next morning, parish leaders met once more and then decided to order a mandatory evacuation for all residents living within the parish. After Katrina, schools were closed for a week because of widesp ...

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Cities with a population of over 10,000: Population > 10,000 (urbanized area) Alexandria Hammond New Iberia Luling Opelousas Morgan City West Monroe Ruston Thibodaux Natchitoches Plaquemine Abbeville Fort Polk (Leesville) Bastrop Crowley Donaldsonville Franklin Bogalusa Minden Eunice De Ridder New Roads ...

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Louisiana - Topography. The surface of the state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands, and the alluvial and coast and swamp regions. The alluvial regions, including the low swamps and coast lands, cover an area of about 20,000 square miles; they lie principally along the Mississippi River, which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 miles and ultimately emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, the Red River, the Ouachita River and its branches, and other minor streams. The br ...

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Further information: List of parishes of Louisiana Louisiana - Topography. The surface of the state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands, and the alluvial and coast and swamp regions. The alluvial regions, including the low swamps and coast lands, cover an area of about 20,000 square miles; they lie principally along the Mississippi River, which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 miles and ultimately emptying ...

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Louisiana - Topography. The surface of the state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands, and the alluvial and coast and swamp regions. The alluvial regions, including the low swamps and coast lands, cover an area of about 20,000 square miles; they lie principally along the Mississippi River, which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 miles and ultimately emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, the Red River, the Ouachita River and its branches, and other minor streams. The br ...

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Louisiana was inhabited by Native Americans when European explorers arrived in the 17th Century and settlement and colonization began in the 18th Century. Some current place names, including Atchafalaya, Natchitouches (now spelled Natchitoches), Caddo, Houma, Tangipahoa, and Avoyel (Avoyelles), are from Native American dialects. Several native tribes inhabited the region (using current parish boundaries to describe approximate locations):[1] ...

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Louisiana was inhabited by Native Americans when European explorers arrived in the 17th Century and settlement and colonization began in the 18th Century. Some current place names, including Atchafalaya, Natchitouches (now spelled Natchitoches), Caddo, Houma, Tangipahoa, and Avoyel (Avoyelles), are from Native American dialects. Several native tribes inhabited the region (using current parish boundaries to describe approximate locations):[1] ...

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Louisiana is home to two distinct cultures: the non-Anglo Creole and the French-speaking Cajun. The ancestors of Creoles came to Louisiana before the Louisiana Purchase (1803) from Western Europe France, Germany, Spain, and from Senegal (West Africa) and settled along the major waterways in the State. The blending of these disparate lifestyles is called "Creole" and continued as the dominant cultural, social, economic and political lifestyle of Louisiana well into the 20th Century when it would finally be overtaken by the Anglo-American main ...

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As of 2005 Louisiana is nominally the least populous state with more than one major professional sports league franchise. However, the effects of Hurricane Katrina have forced the National Basketball Association's New Orleans Hornets to play their games in Oklahoma City for the 2005-06 season. The National Football League's New Orleans Saints are playing most of their 2005 regular season games in Baton Rouge, however the long-term future of that franchise is also uncertain. Louisiana - Football. New Orleans Saints New Orleans VooD ...

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Further information: List of Louisiana Governors The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge. Its governor is Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Democrat), and its two U.S. senators are Mary Landrieu (Democrat) and David Vitter (Republican). Louisiana has seven Members of Congress, five Republicans and two Democrats. Louisiana is the only state whose legal system is based on Roman, Spanish, and French civil law as opposed to English common law. Technically, it is known as "Civil Law," or t ...

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The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge. Its governor is Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Democrat), and its two U.S. senators are Mary Landrieu (Democrat) and David Vitter (Republican). Louisiana has seven Members of Congress, five Republicans and two Democrats. Louisiana is the only state whose legal system is based on Roman, Spanish, and French civil law as opposed to English common law. Technically, it is known as "Civil Law," or the "Civilian System." It is often incorrectly referred to as the "Code Napoléon" or The Napoleonic Code. I ...

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