French Louisiana French Louisiana The term French Louisiana refers to two distinct regions: Each term has been in use for many years. Colonial French Louisiana was a part of New France. Beginning in 1682 this region, known in French as "la Louisiane française", functioned as an administrative district of New France. It extended from the Gulf of Mexico to Vincennes, now in Indiana. France ceded the region to Spain and Britain in 1763 after the French and Indian War, regained it by treaty in 1800, and sold it to the United States in 1803 through the Louisiana Purchase. Greater New Orleans and
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 preceding Spain. Each national jury awarded 5-4-3-2-1 to their top five songs, and at the close "Elle était si jolie" had picked up 25 points (5 from Yugoslavia, 4 from Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland, 2 from Austria and Monaco, and 1 from Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain), placing France joint 5th (with Monaco, to whom the French jury had awarded its 5 points) of the 16 entries. France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 France was represented by Alain Barrière, with the song '"Elle était si jolie", at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 23 March