Calcasieu Parish

E791132

parish of Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish is a southwestern Louisiana parish centered on the city of Lake Charles, known for its petrochemical industry, port facilities, and role as a regional economic hub.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Calcasieu Parish canonical	2
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8979401 — 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: Calcasieu Parish
Context triple: [Lake Charles, parish, Calcasieu Parish]

A. Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish is a historic parish in northwestern Louisiana known for its colonial heritage, Creole culture, and the city of Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase.
B. Bossier Parish
Bossier Parish is a parish in northwestern Louisiana known for its seat in Benton and its close association with the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area.
C. Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish is a populous and economically vibrant parish in south-central Louisiana, centered on the city of Lafayette and known as a cultural hub of Cajun and Creole heritage.
D. Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Caddo Parish, Louisiana is a parish in the northwestern part of the state that includes Shreveport, a major regional economic and cultural center.
E. LaSalle Parish
LaSalle Parish is a rural parish in central Louisiana known for its forests, waterways, and small communities centered around the town of Jena.
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: Calcasieu Parish
Target entity description: Calcasieu Parish is a southwestern Louisiana parish centered on the city of Lake Charles, known for its petrochemical industry, port facilities, and role as a regional economic hub.

A. Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish is a historic parish in northwestern Louisiana known for its colonial heritage, Creole culture, and the city of Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase.
B. Bossier Parish
Bossier Parish is a parish in northwestern Louisiana known for its seat in Benton and its close association with the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area.
C. Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish is a populous and economically vibrant parish in south-central Louisiana, centered on the city of Lafayette and known as a cultural hub of Cajun and Creole heritage.
D. Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Caddo Parish, Louisiana is a parish in the northwestern part of the state that includes Shreveport, a major regional economic and cultural center.
E. LaSalle Parish
LaSalle Parish is a rural parish in central Louisiana known for its forests, waterways, and small communities centered around the town of Jena.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parish of Louisiana ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Calcasieu Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
containsCity	Lake Charles, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulphur, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Westlake, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCommunity	DeQuincy, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Moss Bluff, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTown	Iowa, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinton, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
economyIncludes	manufacturing ⓘ services sector ⓘ shipping ⓘ
FIPSCode	22019 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	1629462 ⓘ
governingBody	Calcasieu Parish Police Jury NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Lake Charles Regional Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	Cajun culture ⓘ Creole culture ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	McNeese State University NERFINISHED ⓘ SOWELA Technical Community College NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndustrialCorridor	Lake Charles petrochemical complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJudicialDistrict	14th Judicial District Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 210 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 171 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	liquefied natural gas industry ⓘ oil refining ⓘ petrochemical industry ⓘ port and maritime trade ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Lake Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver	Calcasieu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
isEconomicHubFor	Southwest Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageMajority	English ⓘ
largestCity	Lake Charles, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Lake Charles metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Acadiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Calcasieu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
parishSeat	Lake Charles, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Louisiana ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
vulnerableTo	hurricanes ⓘ storm surge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lake Charles → parish → Calcasieu Parish ⓘ

Lake Charles → isCountySeatOf → Calcasieu Parish ⓘ

Newton County, Texas → borders → Calcasieu Parish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Southwestern Louisiana → hasParish → Calcasieu Parish ⓘ