Ville Platte, Louisiana Ville Platte, Louisiana Name origin: Ville Platte, French ('Ville' being the French word for 'city' and 'platte' meaning 'flat') Location of Ville Platte in Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the United States Ville Platte is a small town/city and the church seat of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. The populace was 7,430 at the 2010 census, down from 8,145 at the 2000 census.
The city's name is French roughly translating to "flat city", in reference to its mostly flat topography in contrast to the more hilly terrain north of the area.
The region around Ville Platte appears to have been first settled amid the last half of the eighteenth century, when Louisiana was under Spanish rule.
The earliest record of settlement in the immediate region of Ville Platte was in the 1780s.
Popular legend states the founder of Ville Platte was Marcellin Garand, an adjutant primary in the Army of the French Empire amid the reign of Napoleon.
In 1824, Garand obtained one of the first two lots that were platted in what is now Ville Platte, with the second being obtained by a Doctor Robert Windex.
This appears to be the actual beginning of, or the beginning of, the present town of Ville Platte.
The first postal service in Ville Platte was established in 1842 with Marcellin Garand as postmaster from 1842 to 1848.
Ville Platte is positioned in easterly Evangeline Parish at 30 41 21 N 92 16 39 W (30.689140, -92.277534). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Ville Platte has a total region of 4.0 square miles (10.4 km2), of which 0.25 acres (0.001 km2), or 0.01%, is water. Louisiana Highway 10 passes through the town/city in tandem with US 167 but leads northwest 28 miles (45 km) to Oakdale.
Chicot State Park, Louisiana's biggest state park, is positioned 8 miles (13 km) north of Ville Platte.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Public schools in Evangeline Parish are directed by the Evangeline Parish School Board.
Three campuses are positioned in Ville Platte - James Stephens Montessori School (Grades PK-4), Ville Platte Elementary School (Grades PK-4), and Ville Platte High School (Grades 5-12).
Landry Parish Sheriff Cat Doucet was educated in Ville Platte. Ville Platte is positioned at the heart of Louisiana's Cajun country.
Ville Platte has been officially designated by the Louisiana Legislature at the "Swamp Pop Capital of the World," recognizing the town's "long, rich history of fostering the evolution of swamp pop music." Ville Platte has momentous Creole and Cajun cultural associations (cuisine, music, language etc.).
It lies at the northern point of the "French Triangle" with a momentous francophone populace residing in the town/city as well as the church.
Ville Platte hosts two large celebrations each year.
The Louisiana Cotton festival, run in conjunction with the Le Tournoi, and the Festival de la Viande Bouccanee (Smoked Meat Festival) are held in Ville Platte annually.
Ville Platte and the encircling areas participate in the traditional Mardi Gras held in Mamou.
Ashton Thompson of Louisiana's 7th congressional district, since disbanded, was born in Ville Platte in 1916.
Bernard Le - Bas, a Ville Platte pharmacist, has represented Evangeline and St.
Landry churches in the Louisiana House of Representatives since 2008. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ville Platte city, Louisiana".
"History of Ville Platte".
Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Louisiana's French Creole Culinary & Linguistic Traditions: Facts vs.
"Louisiana Cotton Festival".
"Louisiana Tournoi".
City of Ville Platte official website Ville Platte Gazette Municipalities and communities of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States Parish seats of Louisiana
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Cities in Louisiana - Cities in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana - Parish seats in Louisiana - Populated places established in 1846 - 1846 establishments in Louisiana
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