South
Louisiana
St. Martin

Parks

Parks is a village in , , United States. The population was 653 at the 2010 census, and 696 at the 2020 population estimates program. It is part of the metropolitan statistical area.
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  • Type: Village with 545 residents
  • Description: village in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
  • Also known as: “La Pointe De Repose”, “Parks, Louisiana”, and “Potier”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville.

Town
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South Central Louisiana is a part of ," the name given to the region of southern that is the home of the Cajun people. Everything that made Cajun culture popular came from this region: food, music, literature, and of course, the unique variant of French spoken here. is situated 6 miles northwest of Parks.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
Often considered the "mother city" of the Cajun settlements in , is the parish seat of St. Martin Parish and a picturesque Main Street community.

Parks

Latitude
30.21437° or 30° 12′ 52″ north
Longitude
-91.83206° or 91° 49′ 55″ west
Population
545
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
862C6579+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151706649
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4336552
Wiki­data ID
Q590648
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Parks” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Parks”
  • Catalan: “Parks”
  • Cebuano: “Parks”
  • Chinese: “Parks”
  • Chinese: “帕克斯”
  • Dutch: “Parks”
  • French: “Parc”
  • French: “Parks”
  • German: “Parks”
  • Gilaki: “پارکس (لۊئيزيانا)”
  • Gilaki: “پارکس”
  • Haitian: “Parks, Lwizyana”
  • Haitian: “Parks”
  • Italian: “Parks”
  • Ladin: “Parks”
  • Mazanderani: “پارکس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Parks”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Parks (Louisiana)”
  • Norwegian: “Parks”
  • Persian: “پارکس”
  • Polish: “Parks”
  • Portuguese: “Parks”
  • Serbian: “Паркс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Parks, Louisiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Parks”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پارکس، لوئیزیانا”
  • Spanish: “Parks”
  • Ukrainian: “Паркс”
  • Urdu: “پارکس، لوزیانا”
  • Urdu: “پارکس”
  • Volapük: “Parks”
  • Welsh: “Parks, Louisiana”
  • Welsh: “Parks”

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