North Louisiana
North Louisiana (Template:Lang-fr) (also known locally as "Sportsman's Paradise", a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The region has two metropolitan areas: Shreveport-Bossier City and Monroe-West Monroe.
The northwestern portion of Louisiana is culturally and economically attached to Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. Combined they comprise the Ark-La-Tex area as the northeastern portion of Louisiana, Southeast Arkansas, and Northwest Mississippi are known as the Ark-La-Miss. The Louisiana Central Hill Country, the hilly areas of LaSalle, Grant, Winn, Caldwell, Natchitoches, Jackson, and Bienville Parishes, extend into portions of North Louisiana's border with Central Louisiana (CenLa).
Metro/Micropolitan areas
There is one Combined Statistical Area, two Metropolitan Statistical Area, and two Micropolitan Statistical Areas that include North Louisiana parishes.
- Shreveport - Bossier City metropolitan area (Caddo, Bossier, Webster, and DeSoto parishes)
- Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area (Ouachita and Union parishes)
- Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area (Lincoln Parish)
- Bastrop Micropolitan Statistical Area (Morehouse Parish)
- Monroe-Ruston-Bastrop Combined Statistical Area (Ouachita, Lincoln, Morehouse and Union parishes)
Parishes
- Bienville
- Bossier
- Caddo
- Caldwell
- Claiborne
- East Carroll
- Franklin
- Jackson
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Morehouse
- Ouachita
- Red River
- Richland
- Tensas
- Union
- Webster
- West Carroll
- Winn
See also
References
- "North Louisiana History". Michigan State University. 2003-03-15.<--Broken link, May 2017.
External links
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