Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Rapides Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130,023. The parish seat is Alexandria. Rapides is the French spelling of "rapids" and is pronounced ra-PEEDS (I.P.A. [ɹæ.pid͜z]). 

The parish was created in 1807 after the United States bought this territory in the Louisiana Purchase.

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Category:1807 establishments in the Territory of Orleans