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Breaux Bridge
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city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- St. Martin
- Total
- 7.90 sq mi (20.45 km )
- Land
- 7.71 sq mi (19.98 km )
- Water
- 0.18 sq mi (0.46 km )
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Density
- 973.7/sq mi (375.96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 22-09340
- Website
- https://breauxbridgela.net/
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Breaux Bridge
- Population
- 7513
- Area
- 20.47348
- Elevation
- 7
- Official website
- www.breauxbridgelive.com
- Image
- Breaux Bridge Louisiana Main Street 2018.jpg
- Households
- 2948
- Dialing code
- 337
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- Commons category
- Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
- postal code
- 70517
- inception
- 1771-00-00
- P8168
- Julie Harris
- water as percent of area
- 2.3935
- per capita income
- 24825
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Breaux Bridge (/ˈbroʊˈbrɪdʒ/; French: Pont-Breaux; Cajun French: Pont-(de)-Breaux pronounced [pɔ̃ndbʁo]) is a city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,513 in 2020. It is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area.
Originally dubbed La Capitale Mondiale de l’Écrevisse, by its French-speaking residents, Breaux Bridge was officially designated the "Crawfish Capital of the World" by Bob Angelle, then serving as Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
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