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Gueydan – Duck Capital of America [9] Jennings – Cradle of Louisiana Oil [10] Lake Charles - The Chuck; Lafayette. The Heart of Acadiana [11] The Flats; Lecompte – Pie Capital of Louisiana [8] New Orleans. America's Favorite City [12] America's Most Interesting City [12] America’s Most European City [12] America's European Masterpiece ...
Gueydan (local pronunciation [ge(ɪ)dɔ̃]) is a town in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,398 at the 2010 census , down from 1,598 in 2000 . At the 2020 population estimates program , its population decreased to 1,328. [ 3 ]
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival - Breaux Bridge; Catfish Festival - Des Allemands; The Cochon de Lait - Mansura; Oyster Festival - Amite; International Rice Festival - Crowley; Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival - Cameron; Louisiana Peach Festival - Ruston [2] Strawberry Festival - Pontchatoula; Washington Parish Watermelon Festival - Franklinton
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
Timelapse of six years in southern Vermilion Parish, Louisiana (1973, 1980, 1986, 1992, 2003, 2011) land being overtaken by water. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the parish has a total area of 1,542 square miles (3,990 km 2 ), of which 1,173 square miles (3,040 km 2 ) is land and 369 square miles (960 km 2 ) (24%) is water. [ 4 ]
Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,231. [2] Known as the "Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968.
Rayne is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in Acadia Parish. With a population of 7,326 at the 2020 United States census , [ 4 ] it is nicknamed the "Frog Capital of the World", [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] as well as the "Louisiana City of Murals". [ 8 ]