Editing Concordia Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Frogmore Mound Site HRoe 2011 01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Frogmore Mound Site]] on [[U.S. Highway 84]] near [[Ferriday, Louisiana|Ferriday]]]]

[[File:Concordia Parish Library in Vidalia, LA IMG 6912.JPG|200px|right|thumb|The Concordia Parish Library is located in Vidalia behind the parish courthouse.]]

[[File:Vidalia, LA, Senior Center IMG 6914.JPG|200px|right|thumb|The Vidalia Senior Center is operated by the Concordia Council on Aging.]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|747|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|697|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|50|sqmi}} (6.7%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 27, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

The parish is completely agricultural [[bottomland]]s. The [[Ouachita River]] runs along the west boundary, the [[Red River of the South|Red River]] along the south, and the [[Mississippi River]] along the east. All three rivers are contained by large [[levee]] systems.

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 65.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 65]]
* [[Image:US 84.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 84]]
* [[Image:US 425.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 425]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 15 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 15]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 566 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 566]]

===Adjacent counties and parishes===
* [[Tensas Parish, Louisiana|Tensas Parish]]  (north)
* [[Adams County, Mississippi|Adams County]], [[Mississippi]]  (northeast)
* [[Wilkinson County, Mississippi|Wilkinson County]], [[Mississippi]]  (east)
* [[West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|West Feliciana Parish]]  (southeast)
* [[Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana|Pointe Coupee Parish]]  (south)
* [[Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana|Avoyelles Parish]]  (southwest)
* [[Catahoula Parish, Louisiana|Catahoula Parish]]  (west)

===National protected area===
* [[Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge]]

===State protected area===
* [[Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area]]