Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

St. Martin Parish

22-09340

Breaux Bridge is a city in St. Martin Parish in the State of Louisiana.

History

1799 built Firmin Breaux, a Acadians, who had previously purchased land near the village a bridge that crossed the bayou Teche. This resulted in the later name of Breaux Bridge. The official founding of the town dates back to August 5, 1829., The 33-year old Scholastique Picou Breaux made ​​a map, in which the existing locations were recorded not only, but also a future street plan. 1847 a church was erected in 1859, the town was officially registered as a church.

Festival

Every year the crayfish festival is celebrated in Breaux Bridge. Here the court crab ragout ( crawfish etouffee ) was first prepared allegedly previously subject cancers than fast food. The site has now been known for its cancer breeders and the 100th anniversary celebration in 1959 gave a member of the government of Louisiana their official term " la capitale Mondiale de l' ecrevisse " ( German: World Capital of cancer ).

Population

According to the census of 2000 7281 people living in 2512 households, and 1821 families residing in the city. In the city 30.1 % are under the age of 18 years, 10.7 % are 18 to 24, 28.0 % 25 to 44, 19.0 % from 45 to 64, and 12.2 % are older than 65, the average age is 32 come on 100 women 92, 2 men.

Memorable people

Parish (administrative division) St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Federal Information Processing Standards
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