List of municipalities in Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States. The 2020 United States census says that 4,657,757 people live in Louisiana. It is 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km²) in size. In the United States it is number 25 in population and number 33 in land area.^[1]

Louisiana has 64 parishes (counties). It has 304 municipalities (cities, towns, or villages). Four of the municipalities in Louisiana are "consolidated city-parishes". This means that these cities and the counties around them have one government.^[2] 7.8% of the state has municipalities on it. 46.4% of people in Louisiana live in municipalities.^[1]

Groups of people living in an area can become municipalities if enough people live there.^[3] Municipalities can be cities, towns or villages. In Louisiana, a city has at least five thousand people living in it. A town has more than one thousand people living in it, but fewer than five thousand people living in it. A village has one thousand or fewer people living in it.^[4] The governor of a municipality can change whether it is a town, city, or village. This happens if the board of aldermen ask for it and if a different number of people live there now.^[5]

The biggest municipality in Louisiana is New Orleans. It has the most people (383,997 people live there) and also has the biggest area (169.49 sq mi (439.0 km²)).^[6] The municipality with the fewest people is Mound, which has twelve people living in it. The municipality with the smallest area is Napoleonville, which is 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km²) in size.^[1] Natchitoches has been a municipality the longest. It has been a municipality since 1712. Central is the newest municipality. It has been a municipality since 2005. ^[7]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
2. ↑ "Louisiana: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-2. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
3. ↑ Louisiana State Legislature. "2015 Louisiana Laws Revised Statutes TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes RS 33:1 - Petition for incorporation; contents; circulation; required signatures". Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
4. ↑ Louisiana State Legislature. "2015 Louisiana Laws Revised Statutes TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes RS 33:341 - Division into cities, towns, and villages". Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
5. ↑ Louisiana State Legislature. "2015 Louisiana Laws Revised Statutes TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes RS 33:342 - Change in classification of municipality; governor's proclamation; census not conclusive; judicial notice". Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
6. ↑ Cite error: The named reference CenPopGazetteer2020 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
7. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Muniprofile was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).