Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

E430246

administrative division parish of Louisiana

Lafourche Parish, Louisiana is a coastal parish in the southeastern part of the state known for its bayous, Cajun culture, and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lafourche Parish	2
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana canonical	2
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4241586 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Context triple: [St. James Parish, Louisiana, borderedBy, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana]

A. St. James Parish, Louisiana
St. James Parish, Louisiana is a rural parish along the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana, known historically for its sugarcane plantations and Creole culture.
B. St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish is a suburban parish in southeastern Louisiana, located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
C. Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana is a north-central Louisiana parish known for its seat in Ruston and as home to Louisiana Tech University.
D. Jackson Parish, Louisiana
Jackson Parish, Louisiana is a rural parish in north-central Louisiana known for its pine forests, small communities, and location within the state's traditional timber and oil-producing region.
E. St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard Parish is a Catholic church and local faith community serving residents of West Newton.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Target entity description: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana is a coastal parish in the southeastern part of the state known for its bayous, Cajun culture, and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico.

A. St. James Parish, Louisiana
St. James Parish, Louisiana is a rural parish along the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana, known historically for its sugarcane plantations and Creole culture.
B. St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish is a suburban parish in southeastern Louisiana, located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
C. Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana is a north-central Louisiana parish known for its seat in Ruston and as home to Louisiana Tech University.
D. Jackson Parish, Louisiana
Jackson Parish, Louisiana is a rural parish in north-central Louisiana known for its pine forests, small communities, and location within the state's traditional timber and oil-producing region.
E. St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard Parish is a Catholic church and local faith community serving residents of West Newton.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ parish of Louisiana ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Cut Off, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Galliano, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Meadow, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Larose, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockport, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Fourchon, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Raceland, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culture	Cajun French heritage ⓘ
economyIncludes	commercial fishing ⓘ offshore oil support services ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
founded	1807 ⓘ
hasAdjacentParish	Assumption Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Charles Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic	coastal parish ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Nicholls State University NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFIPSCode	22057 ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Louisiana Highway 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana Highway 308 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParishGovernmentType	police jury ⓘ
knownFor	Cajun culture ⓘ bayous ⓘ oil and gas industry ⓘ seafood industry ⓘ
languageCommunity	Cajun French speakers ⓘ
largestCity	Thibodaux, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Acadiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Louisiana ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter	Bayou Lafourche NERFINISHED ⓘ
originallyNamed	Lafourche Interior Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ
parishSeat	Thibodaux, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Houma–Thibodaux metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Louisiana ⓘ
subjectTo	coastal erosion ⓘ hurricanes ⓘ
traversedBy	Bayou Lafourche NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

St. James Parish, Louisiana → borderedBy → Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ⓘ

Bayou Lafourche → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lafourche Parish

Edward Douglass White → birthPlace → Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States

Houma people → populationConcentration → Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ⓘ

Jefferson Parish → borders → Lafourche Parish, Louisiana ⓘ