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St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. St. Landry Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Landry) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 83,384. The parish seat is Opelousas. The parish was created in 1807.
The 2013 estimate was 66,333. Bossier City is located on the eastern bank of the Red River and is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport on the opposite bank. The Shreveport â Bossier City metropolitan area is the center of the region known as the Ark-La-Tex. Bossier City is not the parish seat. The parish courthouse is located instead in Benton about 12 miles (19 km) to the north of Bossier City.