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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]
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Francine for Wednesday, Sept. 11. For the latest, view our story for Thursday, Sept. 12. Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast ...
(The Center Square) − Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has made significant headway in its mission to protect the state's vulnerable coastline, showcasing 109 active ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For months, residents in the southeast corner of Louisiana have relied on bottled water for drinking and cooking, with the water from the faucet coming out salty.
Waterproof is a village in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States with a population of 541 as of the 2020 census. The village in 2010 was 91.7 percent African American. Some 24 percent of Waterproof residents in 2010 were aged sixty or above. [2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km 2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.3 km 2) (19.39%) is water. The city is adjacent to the Mississippi River, which passes to the east side of the city.
Breaux Bridge (/ ˈ b r oʊ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ /; [2] French: Pont-Breaux; [3] [4] Cajun French: Pont-(de)-Breaux pronounced [pɔ̃ndbʁo] [2]) is a small city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,139 as of the 2010 census, up from 7,281 in 2000. By 2020, its population was 7,513. It is part of the Lafayette ...
The city was founded in November, 1893 by survivors of the Chenier Caminada Hurricane. The city was first named Orange City but was changed to Leevile in honor of Pierre Charles Lee and his wife Rosalie Albarado. In 1938, Leeville became the oil producing capital of Lafourche Parish with 297 producing wells. [2]