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Napoleonville, is a village and the parish seat of Assumption Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The population was 660 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the Pierre Part Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village is best known as the location where the film Because of Winn-Dixie, based on Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Prize-winning novel, was shot. The book was set in (fictional) Naomi, Florida.

History

As early as 1807 the community that later became Napoleonville was known as "Canal". This canal extended west from Napoleonville to Lake Verret.<ref>www.rootsweb.com "History of Assumption Parish" Template:Webarchive</ref> The village that later developed was named by a former French soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte. The French veteran, Pierre Charlet, is buried in the cemetery of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in the nearby community of Plattenville in Assumption Parish.<ref>Simone de La Souchere Deléry, Napoleon's Soldiers in America (Pelican Publishing Company, 1950), pp. v, 110-11</ref>

The first permanent settlements in this region were made by the French and Spanish (including Isleños) about the middle of the 18th century along Bayou Lafourche, between the present towns of Donaldsonville and Napoleonville. From 1755 to 1785, the population was increased by the immigration of the exiled Acadians who settled in the area, clearing the land and building comfortable homes. The town was officially incorporated on March 11, 1878.<ref>www.lsuagcenter.com "The History of Assumption Parish" Template:Webarchive</ref>

Geography

Napoleonville is located at Template:Coord (29.937778, -91.026750).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Demographics

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Napoleonville racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	84	15.56%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	428	79.26%
Native American	1	0.19%
Other/Mixed	12	2.22%
Hispanic or Latino	15	2.78%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 540 people, 229 households, and 137 families residing in the village.

Notable people

Troy E. Brown, former member of the Louisiana State Senate and native of Napoleonville
Paul Carmouche, former district attorney for Caddo Parish
Papa Celestin, jazz bandleader
Philip H. Gilbert, politician, former lieutenant governor
Joe Harrison, state representative
Brandon Jacobs, retired NFL running back
Samuel A. LeBlanc I, state representative, state court judge, justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1949 to 1954
Charlie Melançon, former U.S. representative
Jordan Mills, NFL offensive lineman
J.C. Politz, sportscaster
Tramon Williams, NFL cornerback
Kim Willoughby, Team USA Volleyball (2008 Beijing Olympics)

National Guard

The village is home to the 928th Sapper Company, a combat engineer unit of the 769th Engineer Battalion of the Louisiana Army National Guard which in turn is headquartered at Baton Rouge. Both of these units belong to the 225th Engineer Brigade headquartered at Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville near Pineville.