Ossun is an

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and

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Lafayette Parish Lafayette Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, up from 221,578 at the 2010 United States census. The parish seat and largest city is Lafayett ...

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, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,145. The community is named after the area of

Ossun Ossun (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Ossun station has rail connections to Bayonne, Bordeaux, Tarbes and Pau. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department A commune is a ...

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, near

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Geography

Ossun is in northwestern Lafayette Parish, around the intersection of

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and Louisiana Highway 723. It is northwest of Lafayette, the

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, north of

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, and southwest of

Carencro Carencro (; historically ) is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Lafayette. The population was 7,526 at the 2010 census, up from 6,120 in 2000; at the 2020 census, its population was 9, ...

. According to the

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, the Ossun CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,145 people, 609 households, and 406 families residing in the CDP.

References

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