Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
Evangeline Parish (French: [Paroisse d'Évangéline] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,350.[1] The parish seat is Ville Platte.[2]
| Evangeline Parish, Louisiana | |
| Map | |
Location in the state of Louisiana | |
Louisiana's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | 1910 |
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| Seat | Ville Platte |
| Largest City | Ville Platte |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
680 sq mi (1,761 km²) 662 sq mi (1,715 km²) 17 sq mi (44 km²), 2.5 |
| Population - Density |
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| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Named for: Acadian heroine of the poem "Evangeline" | |
Evangeline Parish, Louisiana Media
References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Evangeline Parish, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.