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Place Name
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Abbeville
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Vermilion parish
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Population
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11,187 (1990)
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Location
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Vermilion parish, Louisiana (LA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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29°58'N
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Longitude
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92°07'W
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Abbeville
, city
(1990 pop. 11,187),  Vermilion parish, S La.,
17 mi/27 km SSW of Lafayette, on the Vermilion
R., with access to the Intracoastal Waterway to S.; 29°58'N
92°07'W. Trade and processing center for a region of rice and
sugarcane fields; fishing (crawfish, alligator, crab); mfg. (chemical
prods., consumer goods). In the colorful Cajun country, Abbeville was
settled (1843) by descendants of Acadians from N.S., Canada, and was
laid out like a Fr. town. It grew around the St. Mary Magdalen R.C.
church, built in 1845, and preserves much of the early atmosphere in
its old bldgs. (historic district). Erath's Acadian History Mus.,
Abbey Players' Theater are here. Inc. 1850.
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