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
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of
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
. The region has two metropolitan areas:
Shreveport-Bossier City and
Monroe-West Monroe; the Shreveport area is the largest metropolitan area 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
The Ark-La-Tex (a portmanteau of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; also stylized as Arklatex or ArkLaTex) is a socio-economic tri-state region where the Southern U.S. states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas join together. The region contains por ...
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
Central Louisiana (Cenla), also known as the Crossroads, is a region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
The largest communities in the region as of the 2010 Census were Alexandria (47,893), Natchitoches (18,323) and Pineville (14,555).
Central ...
.
Metropolitan and micropolitan areas
There are two
combined statistical areas
Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
, two
metropolitan statistical areas, and two
micropolitan statistical areas that include North Louisiana parishes.
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Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area
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Monroe-West Monroe metropolitan statistical area
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Ruston micropolitan statistical area
*Bastrop micropolitan statistical area
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Monroe-Ruston-Bastrop 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, w ...
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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, Eas ...
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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
Jackson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name
Places
Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
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Lincoln
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Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
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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 Stat ...
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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 Ame ...
See also
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Intrastate regions
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Driskill Mountain
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North Louisiana Historical Association
References
*''<--Broken link, May 2017.''
External links
Map of Louisiana regions
Regions of Louisiana
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