Parlange, Louisiana
Parlange (pronounced Parr lawn ja) is the name of a community located in southern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. The community was along Louisiana Highway 1, on the banks of False River.
History
Just northeast of Parlange is a beautiful plantation home known as Parlange Plantation. The plantation was named for Charles Parlange, a Frenchman. The home was originally owned by Marquis Vincent de Ternant. From 1902-1904, a post office served the surrounding community[1].
References
- ^ Lockhart, John M. "Roadmap to the Westside", The Riverside Reader, January 21, 2008, p. 10
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30°37′42″N 91°29′15″W / 30.62833°N 91.48750°W Parlange is also the childhood home of Virginie Amelie Gautreau (nee avegno), the infamous Madam X of the John Singer Sargent portrait in the Metropolitan museum of art in New York.