Black coffee and red crawfish, endless bayous and dark-water swamps, food festivals and foot-tapping fais-do-do's - friendly and gloriously riotous people who embrace this culture proudly call Terrebonne Parish home.

 

Terrebonne Parish is an enchanting portion of south Louisiana's unique "Cajun Country," immersed in centuries-old traditions of its French-Acadian ancestors and blessed with an abundance of seafood, wildlife and natural resources. To long-time residents, newcomers and wide-eyed travelers, this area truly is the "Good Earth" that our first settlers recognized more than 200 years ago when they gave this rich, bountiful area its name.

 

Found entirely within the Gulf Coastal Plain, our landscape is probably more waterscape than land. In land area, Terrebonne is the second largest parish in Louisiana. With a semi-tropical climate, Terrebonne Parish boasts an average annual temperature of 69.4 degrees Fahrenheit and an average annual rainfall of 57.5 inches.