Evangeline Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- Acadian heroine of the poem " Evangeline "
- Seat
- Ville Platte
- Largest city
- Ville Platte
- Total
- 680 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Land
- 662 sq mi (1,710 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 2.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 31,980
- Density
- 48.9/sq mi (18.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Ville Platte
- Capital
- Ville Platte
- Population
- 32350
- Area
- 1760
- Shares border with
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Official website
- evangelineparishpolicejury.com
- Image
- EVANGELINE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, EVANGELINE PARISH, LA.jpg
- Households
- 12393
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- Commons category
- Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1910-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- native label
- Evangeline Parish
- per capita income
- 19578
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Encyclopedic overview
Evangeline Parish (French: Paroisse d'Évangéline) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,350. The parish seat is Ville Platte.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Evangeline Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.