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Acadia Parish

Acadia Parish, Louisiana
First Acadia Parish Courthouse.jpg
The first courthouse of Acadia Parish, completed June 30, 1888
Map of Louisiana highlighting Acadia Parish
Location in the U.S. state of Louisiana
Map of the United States highlighting Louisiana
Louisiana's location in the U.S.
Founded 1886
Named for The Acadians
Seat Crowley
Largest city Crowley
Area
 • Total 657 sq mi (1,702 km2)
 • Land 655 sq mi (1,696 km2)
 • Water 2.3 sq mi (6 km2), 0.4%
Population (est.)
 • (2015) 62,577
 • Density 94/sq mi (36/km²)
Congressional district 3rd
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Website www.appj.org/index.html

Coordinates: 30°16′N 92°24′W / 30.267°N 92.400°W / 30.267; -92.400

Acadia Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Acadie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,773. The parish seat is Crowley. The parish was founded from parts of St. Landry Parish in 1886, and later an election was held to determine the parish seat, ending when Crowley beat Rayne and Prairie Hayes.

Acadia Parish is included in the Lafayette, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The name of the parish is derived from the former French colony of Acadia in Canada (which consisted of the modern provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and much of Maine) many of whose French-speaking inhabitants were deported to France and then migrated to Louisiana in the Great Upheaval (see Cajuns).


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