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City of Ville Platte

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Ville Platte
on the map of Evangeline Parish

Population: 9,037
Mayor:
Bennett Baquet (D)
(318) 363-3725


Clerk:
Guy Pucheu
(318) 363-2939
P. O. Box 390
Ville Platte, LA 70586


Chief of Police:
Robert Landreneau (D)




Evangeline
Parish Info


Type of Government: Mayor and Board of Aldermen (5) Lawrason Act

1858 - City of Ville Platte is incorporated and will become Parish seat of Evangeline Parish. The area first settled in late eighteenth century on the Spanish Royal Road. Marcellin Garand, former adjutant major in the French army, regarded as founder.
Districts


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Court		Court of Appeals
Circuit ~District		Public
Service		BESESenateHouseJudicial
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Newspapers
Ville Platte Gazette

145 Court St.
P. O. Box 220
Ville Platte, LA 70586
318.363.3939
FAX: 318.363.2841<


Established 1914. Ed. Danielle Wood
Pub. Stephen Moody
   
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