Rapides Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Region
- Central Louisiana
- Founded
- 1807 (219 years ago)
- Named after
- The local river rapids
- Parish seat and largest city
- Alexandria
- Total
- 1,362 sq mi (3,530 km )
- Land
- 1,318 sq mi (3,410 km )
- Water
- 44 sq mi (110 km )
- Percentage
- 3.2 sq mi (8.3 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 125,877
- Density
- 98.65/sq mi (38.09/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 318/457
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- Rapides Parish Police Jury
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Alexandria
- Capital
- Alexandria
- Population
- 130023
- Area
- 3527
- Shares border with
- LaSalle Parish
- Official website
- www.rppj.com
- Image
- Upper view Rapides Parish courthouse, LA.jpg
- Households
- 49075
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- water as percent of area
- 3.2
- native label
- Rapides Parish
- Commons category
- Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1807-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- per capita income
- 27291
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Encyclopedic overview
Lower view of the Rapides Parish Courthouse The main branch of the Rapides Parish Library is located in downtown Alexandria.
Rapides Parish (/ˈræpiːdz/) (French: Paroisse des Rapides) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130,023. The parish seat and largest city is Alexandria, which developed along the Red River of the South. Rapides is the French word for "rapids". The parish was created in 1807 after the United States acquired this territory in the Louisiana Purchase.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rapides Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.