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() is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 22,512 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In late September 2005, Hurricane Rita made landfall on the Texas-Louisiana border, damaging thousands of homes and businesses in Calcasieu and the surrounding parishes, as well as most of Southern Louisiana and Texas mostly Louisiana. Calcasieu Parish, along with Cameron Parish was extensively damaged by the hurricane.