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The approximately 3,408.5 square miles (8,828 km 2) metropolitan area centers on Lafayette Parish, which contains the city of Lafayette—the largest economic and cultural center of Acadiana—with a consolidated city-parish population of 244,390 in 2019; [3] the city proper's population was 121,374 in 2020. [4]
Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [ 4 ] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, officially designated Shreveport–Bossier City by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [ 1] or simply Greater Shreveport, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Louisiana that covers three parishes: Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto. [ 2] At the 2020 United States census, the ...
Caddo Parish: 017: Shreveport: 1838: from part of Natchitoches Parish. Named for the Caddo Native American people 226,386: 937 sq mi (2,427 km 2) Calcasieu Parish: 019: Lake Charles: 1840: from part of St. Landry Parish. After the French form of the Atakapa name Katkōsh Yōk, meaning 'Crying Eagle', an Atakapa Native American leader 203,761: ...
Lafayette has a consolidated city–parish government, known as the Lafayette Consolidated Government; [125] parish voters agreed to consolidation of the city and parish governments in 1996. [ 38 ] [ 42 ] Lafayette's chief executive was initially called the city-parish president, but is now known as the mayor-president for the Lafayette ...
History of Louisiana. Shreve Town was originally contained within the boundaries of a section of land sold to the company by the indigenous Caddo Indians in the year of 1835, during the period of Indian Removal. [ 1] In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from the large Natchitoches Parish and Shreve Town was designated as the parish seat.
Website. www .lafayettetravel .com. Lafayette Parish ( French: Paroisse de Lafayette) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, [ 1] up from 221,578 at the 2010 United States census. [ 2] The parish seat is the city of Lafayette. [ 3]
Shreveport Regional Airport. / 32.44667°N 93.82556°W / 32.44667; -93.82556. Shreveport Regional Airport ( IATA: SHV, ICAO: KSHV, FAA LID: SHV) is a public use airport in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the City of Shreveport and located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of its central business district.