St. Landry Parish

Also known as St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, St. Landry Parish, LA

parish in Louisiana, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Louisiana
Named after: St. Landry Catholic Church
Seat: Opelousas
Largest city: Opelousas
Total: 939 sq mi (2,430 km )
Land: 924 sq mi (2,390 km )
Water: 15 sq mi (39 km ) 1.6%
Estimate 2025: 80,765
Density: 89.3/sq mi (34.5/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional districts

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St. Landry Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Landry) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 82,540. The parish seat is Opelousas. The parish was established in 1807.

St. Landry Parish comprises the Opelousas-Eunice, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), which is also included in the Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA Combined Statistical Area. It is at the heart of Creole and Cajun culture and heritage in Louisiana.