Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
Breaux Bridge
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Downtown Breaux Bridge | |
| Nicknames: Pont-Breaux; La Capitale Mondiale de l’Écrevisse (Crawfish Capital of the World) | |
Location of Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. | |
Location of Louisiana in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 30°16′25.1″N 91°53′57.6″W / 30.273639°N 91.899333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | St. Martin |
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| Area | |
• Total | 7.90 sq mi (20.45 km2) |
| • Land | 7.72 sq mi (19.98 km2) |
| • Water | 0.18 sq mi (0.46 km2) |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,513 |
| • Density | 973.69/sq mi (375.96/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 337 |
| FIPS code | 22-09340 |
| Website | https://breauxbridgela.net/ |
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Breaux Bridge (/ˈbroʊˈbrɪdʒ/; French: Pont-Breaux; Cajun French: Pont-(de)-Breaux pronounced [pɔ̃ndbʁo]) is a city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,513 in 2020. It is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area.
Originally dubbed La Capitale Mondiale de l’Écrevisse, by its French-speaking residents, Breaux Bridge was officially designated the "Crawfish Capital of the World" by Bob Angelle, then serving as Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Breaux Bridge hosts an annual Crawfish Festival. It is regionally noted for its practice of listing people by nicknames in the town's telephone directory.