Calcasieu
| Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana | |
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Calcasieu Parish District Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of Louisiana |
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 Louisiana's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | March 24, 1840 |
| Named for | Atakapa word for crying eagle |
| Seat | Lake Charles |
| Largest city | Lake Charles |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,094 sq mi (2,833 km2) |
| • Land | 1,064 sq mi (2,756 km2) |
| • Water | 31 sq mi (80 km2), 2.8% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 198,788 |
| • Density | 181/sq mi (70/km2) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC−6/−5 |
| Website | www |
Calcasieu Parish (/ˈkælkəˌʃuː/; French: Paroisse de Calcasieu) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 192,768. The parish seat is Lake Charles.
Calcasieu Parish is part of the Lake Charles, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 194,138. It is also located near the Beaumont–Port Arthur (Texas), Lafayette, and Alexandria metropolitan areas.
Calcasieu Parish was created March 24, 1840, from the parish of Saint Landry, one of the original nineteen civil parishes established by the Louisiana Legislature in 1807 after the United States acquired the territory in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The original parish seat was Comasaque Bluff, a settlement east of the river and later called Marsh Bayou Bluff. On December 8, 1840, it was renamed as Marion, Louisiana.
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