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==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|1362|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1318|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|44|sqmi}} (3.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 1, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> It is the largest parish in Louisiana by land area. ===Water features=== * [[Catahoula Lake]] * [[Red River of the South|Red River]] ===Major highways=== * [[Image:I-49.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 49]] * [[Image:US 71.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 71]] * [[Image:US 165.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 165]] * [[Image:US 167.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 167]] * [[Image:Louisiana 1 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 1]] * [[Image:Louisiana 28 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 28]] ===Adjacent parishes=== * [[Grant Parish, Louisiana|Grant Parish]] (north) * [[La Salle Parish, Louisiana|La Salle Parish]] (northeast) * [[Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana|Avoyelles Parish]] (east) * [[Evangeline Parish, Louisiana|Evangeline Parish]] (southeast) * [[Allen Parish, Louisiana|Allen Parish]] (southwest) * [[Vernon Parish, Louisiana|Vernon Parish]] (west) * [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] (northwest) ===National protected area=== * [[Kisatchie National Forest]] (part) ===Military installations=== * [[Esler Airfield (National Guard)|Esler Airfield]] (LA Army National Guard) * [[Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville]] (LA Army National Guard) * [[Camp Claiborne]] (defunct) * [[Camp Livingston]] (defunct) * [[England Air Force Base]] (defunct) ===National Guard=== * [[225th Engineer Brigade]]
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