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Alexandria
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largest city and parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Rapides
- Founded
- 1785 (241 years ago) ( 1785 )
- Incorporated town
- 1818 (208 years ago) ( 1818 )
- City charter
- 1882 (144 years ago) ( 1882 )
- Mayor
- Jacques Roy ( Democrat )
- City
- 29.18 sq mi (75.58 km )
- Land
- 28.49 sq mi (73.79 km )
- Water
- 0.69 sq mi (1.79 km )
- Elevation
- 82 ft (25 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 43,133
- Rank
- RA : 1st, LA : 9th
- Density
- 1,589.1/sq mi (613.56/km )
- Metro
- 153,922
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 71301-03, 06–07, 09, 11, 15
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Alexandria
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Rapides Parish
- Population
- 45275
- Area
- 73.790296
- Elevation
- 23
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Red River
- Shares border with
- Baton Rouge
- Official website
- www.cityofalexandriala.com
- Image
- Downtown Alexandria.jpg
- Households
- 17738
- Dialing code
- 318
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- Commons category
- Alexandria, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Alexandria, Louisiana
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Alexandria, Louisiana
- different from
- Alexandria
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Alexandria, Louisiana
- postal code
- 71315
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Gin
- water as percent of area
- 2.3651
- per capita income
- 28123
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexandria Welcome Sign on Louisiana Highway 28 West.
Rotary International Clock (1916), with Alexandria City Hall (constructed 1963) in the background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexandria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.