Southwest Louisiana

Southwest Louisiana
Region
West Acadiana
Southwest Louisiana subregion highlighted in pink.
Country	United States
States	Louisiana
Largest city	Lake Charles
Population (2010)
• Total	292,619

Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) is a five-parish area intersecting the Acadiana and Central Louisiana regions in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is composed of the following parishes (counties): Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis.^[1][2] A 2010 population estimate of the five parish area was over 292,619.^[3]

Southwest Louisiana has one metropolitan area: Lake Charles. The southwestern portion of Louisiana also is geographically and culturally attached to Southeast Texas.

See also

• Intrastate regions

References

External links

• Clickable map of Louisiana regions at the Louisiana Board of Regents, a state agency created by the 1974 Louisiana Constitution
• Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau

State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge (capital)
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