West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

West Feliciana Parish
Parish
Rosedown Plantation
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 30°52′N 91°25′W / 30.87°N 91.42°W / 30.87; -91.42
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Founded	1824
Named for	Marie Félicité de Gálvez
Seat	St. Francisville
Largest town	St. Francisville
Area
• Total	426 sq mi (1,100 km2)
• Land	403 sq mi (1,040 km2)
• Water	23 sq mi (60 km2)  5.3%
Population  (2020)
• Total	15,310
• Density	36/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	5th
Website	wfparish.org

West Feliciana Parish (French: Paroisse de Feliciana Ouest; Spanish: Parroquia de Feliciana Occidental) is a civil parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,310.^[1] The parish seat is St. Francisville.^[2] The parish was established in 1824.^[3]

In 1824 Feliciana Parish was divided into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish, in recognition of the increases in population throughout the parish. West Feliciana Parish is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.

The River Bend Nuclear Generating Station, operated by Entergy Nuclear, is located in West Feliciana Parish below St. Francisville. It produces approximately 10 percent of the total electric power demand in Louisiana.^[4] The Louisiana State Penitentiary is also located in the parish, in Angola. It occupies 18,000 acres at a site in a river bend, surrounded on three sides by water.