Opelousas

Opelousas is the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and is one of the former capitals of . Opelousas is in the south Louisiana area known as "", the center of Cajun culture in Louisiana.
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  • Type: Town with 23,200 residents
  • Description: parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: Les Opelousas”, “Opelousas, LA”, and “Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Postal codes: 70570 and 70571

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rural African American Museum and St. Landry Parish Airport.

Museum
The is a museum in Opelousas that focuses on the history of African Americans living in St. Landry Parish, , , from the American Civil War to the present.

Aerodrome
, also known as Ahart Field, is a public use located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Opelousas, a city in , , .

Opelousas

Latitude
30.5335° or 30° 32′ 1″ north
Longitude
-92.0815° or 92° 4′ 53″ west
Population
23,200
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
IATA airport code
OPL
United Nations Location Code
US OPL
Open location code
8629GWM9+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151938684
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4336153
Wiki­data ID
Q1154039
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Opelousas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أوبلوساس (لويزيانا)
  • Arabic: أوبلوساس
  • Basque: Opelousas
  • Bulgarian: Опелусас
  • Catalan: Opelousas
  • Cebuano: Opelousas
  • Chechen: Опелусас
  • Chinese: Opelousas
  • Chinese: 奥珀卢萨斯
  • Chinese: 奧珀盧薩斯
  • Czech: Opelousas
  • Dagbani: Opelousas
  • Danish: Opelousas
  • Dutch: Opelousas
  • Egyptian Arabic: اوبلوساس
  • French: Opelousas
  • French: Opélousas
  • German: Opelousas
  • Gilaki: آپلۊساس (لۊئيزيانا)
  • Gilaki: آپلۊساس
  • Haitian: Opelousas, Lwizyana
  • Haitian: Opelousas
  • Hebrew: אופלאוסס
  • Hungarian: Opelousas
  • Irish: Opelousas
  • Italian: Opelousas
  • Japanese: オペルーサス
  • Ladin: Opelousas
  • Mazanderani: آپلوسس
  • Min Nan Chinese: Opelousas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Opelousas
  • Norwegian: Opelousas
  • Persian: آپلوسس، لوئیزیانا
  • Persian: آپلوسس
  • Polish: Opelousas
  • Portuguese: Opelousas
  • Russian: Опелусас (Луизиана)
  • Russian: Опелусас
  • Serbian: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Serbian: Opelousas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opelousas
  • Silesian: Opelousas
  • Slovak: Opelousas
  • Slovenian: Opelousas
  • South Azerbaijani: آپلوسس، لوئیزیانا
  • Spanish: Opelousas (Luisiana)
  • Spanish: Opelousas
  • Swahili: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Swahili: Opelousas
  • Swedish: Opelousas
  • Tatar: Опелусас
  • Turkish: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Turkish: Opelousas
  • Ukrainian: Опелусас
  • Urdu: اوپیلوساس، لوزیانا
  • Urdu: اوپیلوساس
  • Uzbek: Opelousa
  • Vietnamese: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Vietnamese: Opelousas
  • Volapük: Opelousas
  • Waray (Philippines): Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Waray (Philippines): Opelousas
  • Welsh: Opelousas, Louisiana
  • Welsh: Opelousas

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