Breaux Bridge
| Breaux Bridge | |||
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| Nickname : Crawfish Capital of the World | |||
.jpg) In downtown Breaux Bridge |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1771 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | St. Martin Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 17 ′ N , 91 ° 57 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,281 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 425.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 17.4 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 17.1 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 7 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70517 | ||
| Area code : | +1 337 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-09340 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 560266 | ||
| Website : | www.breauxbridgelive.com | ||
| Mayor : | Jack Dale Delhomme | ||
Breaux Bridge is a city in St. Martin Parish in the US state of Louisiana .
history
In 1799, Firmin Breaux, an academic who had previously purchased land, built a bridge over the Bayou Teche near the village . This resulted in the later name Breaux Bridge . The official establishment of the place dates back to August 5, 1829. The 33-year-old Scholastique Picou Breaux made a city map in which not only the existing locations were recorded, but also a future street map. In 1847 a church was built and in 1859 the place was officially registered as a parish.
Firmly
The crayfish festival is celebrated annually in Breaux Bridge. It is said that this is where the dish of crayfish ragout (crawfish etouffee) was prepared for the first time; The place was now known for its cancer breeders and for the 100th anniversary in 1959, a member of the Louisiana government officially named it “ la capitale mondiale de l'ecrevisse ” (German: world capital of cancer).
population
According to the 2000 census, 7,281 people live in 2,512 households and 1,821 families in the city. In the city, 30.1% are under 18 years old, 10.7% are 18 to 24, 28.0% are 25 to 44, 19.0% are 45 to 64, and 12.2% are over 65. That Average age is 32. For every 100 women there are 92.2 men.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Fernand Mouton (1878–1945), politician
- Scott Angelle (born 1961), politician
- Ali Landry (* 1973), actress and model
- Jake Delhomme (* 1975), quarterback for the Carolina Panthers
- Hunter Hayes (born 1991), country singer
Known residents
- Sonny Landreth (* 1951), blues musician
- Branford Marsalis (born 1960), musician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Breaux+Bridge&_cityTown=Breaux+Bridge&_state=04000US22&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y
