Lac des Allemands

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The Lac des Allemands is a lake in the Mississippi Delta in the southeast of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located about 42 kilometers west of New Orleans in St. John the Baptist Parish. The water area is 49 square kilometers. The lake is shallow, it reaches a maximum depth of 3.3 meters. About the Bayou des Allemands he is connected to the Lake Salvador.

It received its name as the adjacent village of Des Allemands, by the German settlers who had settled in this area in the 18th century.

The lake is now in the midst of an oil production area. Despite the industrial use it is species-rich and has a large population of catfish on.