A village of southeast Louisiana on the Mississippi River west-northwest of New Orleans. It is a trade center in a truck farm and sugar cane area. Population, 16,112.

• 拉普拉斯，皮尔·西蒙·德1749－1827法国数学家和天文学家，以其关于太阳系起源和星云假说的理论及对行星的引力和稳定性调查而著名