Mansura is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,419 at the 2010 census. Mansura is home to the Cochon de Lait Festival, and claims to be the Cochon de Lait capital of the world.
The Desfossé House dates to 1790.
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Avoyelles is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana on the
Red River where it effectively becomes the Atchafalaya River and meets the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,693. The parish seat is Marksville. The parish was created in 1807, with the name deriving from the French name for the historic Avoyel people, one of the local Indian tribes at the time of European encounter.
Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot (Bunkie, Louisiana)
Formation of the Atchafalaya River and construction of the Old River Control Structure.