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Facts about the city

Empire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 993 at the 2010 census.

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History

This bridge is the only way in or out of southern Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Parish. Image:Katrina-fishing-vessels-stranded-empire-la-08-29-2005b.jpg Fishing boats grounded near Empire, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. Empire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Parish, Louisiana, United States. During Hurricane Katrina, on August 29, 2005, the eye of the storm passed by Empire, and the area was entirely flooded, but the Empire High Bridge was not damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The population was 2,211 at the 2000 United States Census census.

During the afternoon of August 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina approached the northern coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, generating tropical force winds along coastal areas of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.