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City of OPELOUSAS

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OPELOUSAS
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Population: 19,091
Mayor:
Michael R. Mie Thibodeaux (D)
(318) 942-7295


Clerk:
Frances Carron
(318) 948-2520
P. O. Box 712
OPELOUSAS, LA 70571


Chief of Police:
Larry J. Caillier (D)




St. Landry
Parish Info


Type of Government: Mayor and Board of Aldermen (6) Lawrason Act


1805 - Opelousas is the county seat of Opelousas County of the Territory of Orleans.
Districts


Congress-
ional
Supreme
Court
Court of Appeals
Circuit ~District
Public
Service
BESESenateHouseJudicial
7 5 3 ~ 3 4 3, 7, 8 24, 26, 28 38-41 27


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Newspapers
Opelousas Daily World

2781 I-49 Service Road South
P. O. Box 1179
Opelousas, LA 70571-1179
318.942.4971

FAX: 318.948.6572


Established 1939. Ed. Harlan Kirgan
Pub. Aaron Parsons
   
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Updated: Sunday, June 20, 1999


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