North Louisiana (french: Louisiane du Nord), also known locally as Sportsman's Paradise, (a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in the
U.S. state of
Louisiana. The region has two metropolitan areas:
Shreveport-Bossier City and
Monroe-West Monroe, two micropolitian areas:
Ruston Micropolitan Area
Lincoln Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de Lincoln'') is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,735. The parish seat is Ruston. The parish was created on February 24, 1873, from parts of Bi ...
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Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area, and two combined statistical areas:
Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden CSA and
Monroe–Ruston Combined Statistical Area. The Shreveport area has the largest metropolitan and CSA by population in North Louisiana.
Geography
The northwestern portion of Louisiana is culturally and economically attached to
Northeast Texas and
Southwest Arkansas. Combined they comprise the
Ark-La-Tex area, just as the northeastern portion of Louisiana, Southeast Arkansas, and
Northwest Mississippi are known as the Ark-La-Miss. The Louisiana Central Hill Country, the hilly areas of LaSalle, Grant, Winn, Caldwell, Natchitoches, Jackson, Lincoln, and Bienville parishes,
extend into portions of North Louisiana's border with
Central Louisiana.
Metropolitan and micropolitan areas
There are two
combined statistical areas, two
metropolitan statistical areas, and two
micropolitan statistical areas that include North Louisiana parishes.
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Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area
The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, officially designated Shreveport–Bossier City by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, or simply Greater Shreveport, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Louisiana that covers t ...
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Monroe-West Monroe metropolitan statistical area
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Ruston micropolitan statistical area
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Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area
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Monroe–Ruston Combined Statistical Area
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Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden combined statistical area
Parishes
North Louisiana consists of the following 20 parishes:
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Bienville
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Bossier
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Caddo
The Caddo people comprise the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Binger, Oklahoma. They speak the Caddo language.
The Caddo Confederacy was a network of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, wh ...
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Caldwell
Caldwell may refer to:
People
* Caldwell (surname)
* Caldwell (given name)
* Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada
Places
Great Britain
* Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet
* Caldwell, East ...
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Claiborne
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DeSoto
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East Carroll
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Franklin
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Jackson
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Lincoln
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Madison
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Morehouse
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Ouachita
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Red River
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Richland
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Tensas
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Union
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Webster
Webster may refer to:
People
*Webster (surname), including a list of people with the surname
*Webster (given name), including a list of people with the given name
Places Canada
*Webster, Alberta
*Webster's Falls, Hamilton, Ontario
United State ...
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West Carroll
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Winn Winn may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
* Winn, Maine, a town in Penobscot County
* Winn, Michigan, an unincorporated community
* Winn Parish, Louisiana
Other uses
* Winn (surname) (including a list of people with the name)
* WINN, an Am ...
See also
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Intrastate regions
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Driskill Mountain
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North Louisiana Historical Association The North Louisiana Historical Association was organized in 1952 to in its own words "encourage an appreciation and understanding of the history of North Louisiana."
History
The association was organized in 1952 by D. H. Perkins and A. W. Shaw in ...
References
* ''←Broken link, May 2017.''
External links
Map of Louisiana regions
Regions of Louisiana
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