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Bienville Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Region
- North Louisiana
- Founded
- March 14, 1848 ; 178 years ago ( 1848-03-14 )
- Named after
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Parish seat
- Arcadia
- Largest municipality
- Bienville (area), Arcadia (population)
- Incorporated municipalities
- 10 (total) 4 towns and 6 villages (located entirely or partially, within parish boundaries)
- Total
- 822 sq mi (2,130 km )
- Land
- 811 sq mi (2,100 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km )
- Percentage
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 12,269
- Density
- 16.0/sq mi (6.18/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- Bienville Parish Government
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Welcome to Bienville Parish | Bienville Parish, Louisiana
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Arcadia
- Capital
- Arcadia
- Population
- 12981
- Area
- 2128
- Shares border with
- Webster Parish
- Highest point
- Driskill Mountain
- Official website
- www.bienvilleparish.org
- Image
- New Bienville Parish, LA, Courthouse IMG 8329.JPG
- Households
- 5855
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- Commons category
- Bienville Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Bienville Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1848-03-14
- different from
- Bienville
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Bienville Parish
- per capita income
- 21513
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Encyclopedic overview
Bienville Parish (French: Paroisse de Bienville, pronounced [paʁwas də bjɛ̃vil]) is a parish located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,981. The parish seat and most populous municipality is Arcadia.
The highest natural point in Louisiana, a hill known as Mt. Driskill, 535 feet (163 m) in elevation, is located in north central Bienville Parish. The mountain is located on private land with public access by walking trail. It is named for James Christopher Driskill, a 19th-century landowner. Nearby is Jordan Mountain, with an elevation of 493 feet (150 m).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bienville Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.