Napoleonville

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Napoleonville
The Assumption Parish Courthouse in Napoleonville, listed in the NRHP since 1997 [1]
The Assumption Parish Courthouse in Napoleonville, listed on the NRHP since 1997
Location in Louisiana
Napoleonville (Louisiana)
Napoleonville
Napoleonville
Basic data
Foundation : 1878 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Assumption Parish
Coordinates : 29 ° 56 ′  N , 91 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 56 ′  N , 91 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 660 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,650 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.4 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 6 m
Postal code : 70390
Area code : +1 985
FIPS : 22-53370
GNIS ID : 1629982
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The Catholic St. Anne Church in Napoleonville, listed in the NRHP since 2001

Napoleonville is a municipality (with the status " Village ") and the administrative seat of Assumption Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Napoleonville had 660 inhabitants.

geography

Napoleonville is located in central southeast Louisiana. The place is on the southwest bank of the Bayou Lafourche , a former estuary of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Napoleonville are 29 ° 56'26 "north latitude and 91 ° 01'29" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​0.4 km².

Neighboring places of Napoleonville are Plattenville (6.2 km north) and Supreme (11.1 km south-southeast), which are also located on Bayou Lafourche.

The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (77 km north) and Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (121 km east) and Lafayette (162 km west-northwest).

traffic

The Louisiana Highway 1 , which runs along Bayou Lafourche, is the main street of Napoleonville. In the center of the village there is a bridge over the bayou. The Louisiana Highway 401 branches off from LA 1, runs as Canal Road through the city and leaves it in a south-westerly direction. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Lafayette Regional Airport (100 miles west-northwest), Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (55 miles north) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (101 miles east).

population

According to the 2010 census , Napoleonville had 660 people in 249 households. The population density was 1650 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.65 people living in each of the 249 households.

The racial the population was composed of 18.0 percent white, 80.9 percent African American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.2 percent of the population.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 23,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 14,730. 35.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Town twinning

Since 1989 there has been a twinning between Napoleonville and the French city ​​of Pontivy , which was also called Napoleonville at times .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 97000057. Retrieved August 15, 2013
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 01000492. Retrieved August 15, 2013
  3. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 15, 2013
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 15, 2013
  5. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Walter Guion.Retrieved August 15, 2013
  6. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Whitmell P. Martin.Retrieved August 15, 2013
  7. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Charlie Melancon.Retrieved August 15, 2013

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