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Ascension

Ascension Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 126,500. Its parish seat is .
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  • Type: County with 107,000 residents
  • Description: parish in Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Ascension Parish”, “Ascension Parish, LA”, “Ascension Parish, Louisiana”, and “paroisse de l’Ascension”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Elizabeth Hospital and East Ascension High School.

Hospital
Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, formerly St. Elizabeth Hospital, is a 78-bed Catholic community hospital in , serving Ascension Parish.

School
, commonly referred to as EA, is a public high school in , , United States. It is managed by the Ascension Parish School Board.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gonzales and St. Amant.

Town
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in Ascension Parish, , United States. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,231. Known as the "Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, in . It is situated about 25 miles south-east of Baton Rouge and 50 miles northwest of .

Town
is a town in Ascension Parish, , United States. The population was 1,514 in 2020. It is part of the .

Ascension

Latitude
30.2116° or 30° 12′ 42″ north
Longitude
-90.9186° or 90° 55′ 7″ west
Population
107,000
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
862F636J+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316960961
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4315067
Wiki­data ID
Q51733
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Ascension” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ascension Parish”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أسكنسيون”
  • Armenian: “Ասանսիոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “parroquia d’Ascension”
  • Basque: “Ascension parrokia”
  • Bavarian: “Ascension Parish, Louisiana”
  • Bavarian: “Ascension Parish”
  • Bishnupriya: “অ্যাশেনসিয়ন পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা”
  • Bishnupriya: “অ্যাশেনসিয়ন পারিশ”
  • Cebuano: “Ascension Parish”
  • Chechen: “Асеншен”
  • Chinese: “Ascension Kūn”
  • Chinese: “阿森松堂区”
  • Chinese: “阿森松縣”
  • Dutch: “Ascension Parish”
  • Esperanto: “Ascension Parish”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Ascendo”
  • Esperanto: “paroĥo Ascendo”
  • Esperanto: “Paroĥo Ascension”
  • Esperanto: “paroisse de l’Ascension”
  • Estonian: “Ascensioni vald”
  • Finnish: “Ascensionin piirikunta”
  • French: “paroisse d’Ascension”
  • French: “Paroisse d’Ascension”
  • French: “paroisse de l’Ascension”
  • French: “Paroisse de l’Ascension”
  • Georgian: “ასენშენის პერიში”
  • German: “Ascension Parish”
  • German: “paroisse de l’Ascension”
  • Gilaki: “اسنشن ٚ شأرستان (لۊئيزيانا)”
  • Gilaki: “اسنشن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אסנשן”
  • Hungarian: “Ascension megye”
  • Italian: “parrocchia di Ascension”
  • Italian: “Parrocchia di Ascension”
  • Japanese: “アセンション郡”
  • Korean: “어센션군”
  • Latin: “Ascension Paroecia”
  • Low German: “Ascension Parish”
  • Macedonian: “Асеншон”
  • Malayalam: “അസെൻഷൻ പാരിഷ്”
  • Mazanderani: “اسنشن شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ascension Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ascension Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ascension Parish”
  • Norwegian: “Ascension Parish”
  • Persian: “اسکنشن پریش”
  • Persian: “پریش اسنشن”
  • Polish: “Parafia Ascension”
  • Portuguese: “paróquia de Ascension”
  • Portuguese: “Paróquia de Ascension”
  • Romanian: “Parohia Ascension, Louisiana”
  • Romanian: “Parohia Ascension”
  • Russian: “Асеншен”
  • Russian: “Ассеншен”
  • Sardinian: “parrocchia de Ascension”
  • Serbian: “Округ Асеншон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ascension Parish, Louisiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ascension Parish”
  • Spanish: “Parroquia de Ascension (Luisiana)”
  • Spanish: “parroquia de Ascension”
  • Spanish: “Parroquia de Ascension”
  • Swedish: “Ascension Parish”
  • Tatar: “Асеншен (округ, Луизина)”
  • Tatar: “Асеншен”
  • Turkish: “Ascension ilçesi, La.”
  • Turkish: “Ascension ilçesi, LA”
  • Turkish: “Ascension ilçesi, Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “Ascension ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Ascension Parish, La.”
  • Turkish: “Ascension Parish, LA”
  • Turkish: “Ascension Parish, Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “Ascension Parish”
  • Ukrainian: “Ассансьйон”
  • Urdu: “اسینشن پیرش، لوزیانا”
  • Urdu: “اسینشن پیرش”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Parokya han Ascension, Louisiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Parokya han Ascension”
  • Welsh: “Ascension Parish, Louisiana”
  • Welsh: “Ascension Parish”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسنسین پارش کاؤنٹی، لوئزیانا”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسنسین پارش کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Hope Haven Mausoleum and Cemetery.

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