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Vermilion Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 538 inbound references to Vermilion Parish, and connects out to Louisiana, African Americans and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in LA.
It is catalogued under topics including 1844 establishments in Louisiana, Acadiana and Louisiana parishes.
Vinony links it to 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- Vermilion River and Bay
- Seat
- Abbeville
- Largest city
- Abbeville
- Total
- 1,542 sq mi (3,990 km )
- Land
- 1,173 sq mi (3,040 km )
- Water
- 369 sq mi (960 km ) 24%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,671
- Density
- 48.90/sq mi (18.88/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- https://vppj.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Vermilion River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Abbeville
- Capital
- Abbeville
- Population
- 57359
- Area
- 3984
- Shares border with
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Official website
- vermilionparishpolicejury.com
- Image
- ChrisLitherlandGueydan.jpg
- Households
- 22180
- Significant event
- child sexual abuse
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- inception
- 1844-00-00
- Commons category
- Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
- different from
- Vermillion County
- water as percent of area
- 24
- native label
- Vermilion Parish
- per capita income
- 26503
- topic has template
- Template:Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Vermilion Parish (French: Paroisse de Vermillion) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, created in 1844. The parish seat is Abbeville. Vermilion Parish is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area, and located in southern Acadiana. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 57,359.
In the past several decades, much of the southern portion of the parish has been swept away by water erosion, especially after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vermilion Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.