Assumption Parish

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Assumption Parish is a rural parish in southern Louisiana known for its bayous, sugarcane farming, and small communities along the Mississippi River corridor.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Assumption Parish canonical 3
Assumption Parish Police Jury 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parish of Louisiana
borderedBy Ascension Parish
Iberville Parish
Lafourche Parish
St. James Parish
St. Martin Parish
Terrebonne Parish
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States
economyBasedOn agriculture
oil and gas
governmentType parish police jury or council form
hasCharacteristic bayous
rural area
hasCommunity Belle Rose
Labadieville
Napoleonville
Paincourtville
linked to: Labadieville

Pierre Part
hasEcosystem swamps
wetlands
hasIndustry petrochemical industry
sugarcane production
hasWaterway Bayou Lafourche
bayous
knownFor agriculture
small communities
sugarcane farming
languageHeritage Cajun French
linked to: Louisiana French

French
largestSettlement Napoleonville
locatedIn Acadiana region of Louisiana
Gulf Coast region
Lower Mississippi River Valley
Mississippi River corridor
United States South
southern Louisiana
locatedOnRiver Mississippi River
parishSeat Napoleonville
partOf United States Census Bureau statistical areas
state Louisiana
subdivisionType parish
subjectTo flooding risk
hurricanes
timeZone Central Time Zone
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time
linked to: Central Time Zone

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

eastern Louisiana contains Assumption Parish
Atchafalaya River flowsThrough Assumption Parish
Louisiana Highway 1 passesThrough Assumption Parish
Assumption Parish, Louisiana governingBody Assumption Parish Police Jury
linked to: Assumption Parish