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Intracoastal City is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Vermilion Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Abbeville, Louisiana. As of 2000, the population was 53,807....
, Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is situated on the west bank of the Vermilion River
Vermilion River (Louisiana)

The Vermilion River is a river, 72 mi long, in southern Louisiana in the United States. It is formed on the common boundary of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana and St....
 at its junction with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States of the United States....
 and has various port facilities and some permanent residents.

Intracoastal City is approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Abbeville
Abbeville, Louisiana

Abbeville is a city in and the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States, 150 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana. The population was 11,887 at the 2000 United States Census....
, the Vermilion Parish seat. It is part of the Abbeville Micropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Acadiana
Acadiana

Acadiana is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that is home to a large Francophone population. Of the 64 List of parishes in Louisiana that comprise Louisiana, 22 parishes, or about one-third of the total, make up Acadiana....
 region of Louisiana.

attractions include heliport
Heliport

A heliport is a small airport suitable only for use by helicopters. Heliports typically contain one or more helipads and may have limited facilities such as fuel, lighting, a windsock, or even hangars....
s, a shrimp
Shrimp

Shrimp are swimming, Decapoda crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh water and seawater. Adult shrimp are Filter feeder benthic animals living close to the bottom....
 docking facility, and dry dock
Dry dock

A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform....
s. As it stands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
 somewhat remote from major settlements, it is often used by the National Hurricane Center as a breakpoint for tropical cyclone warnings and watches
Tropical cyclone warnings and watches

Warnings and watches are two levels of alert issued by national weather forecasting bodies to coastal areas threatened by the imminent approach of a tropical cyclone of tropical storm or hurricane intensity....
 which affect the bayou
Bayou

A bayou is a small, slow-moving stream or creek, or a lake or pool that lies in an abandoned channel of a stream. Bayous are usually located in relatively flat, low-lying areas, for example, in the Mississippi River River delta region of the southern United States....
s of eastern Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
 but not the west of the state.






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Intracoastal City is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Vermilion Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Abbeville, Louisiana. As of 2000, the population was 53,807....
, Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is situated on the west bank of the Vermilion River
Vermilion River (Louisiana)

The Vermilion River is a river, 72 mi long, in southern Louisiana in the United States. It is formed on the common boundary of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana and St....
 at its junction with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States of the United States....
 and has various port facilities and some permanent residents.

Intracoastal City is approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Abbeville
Abbeville, Louisiana

Abbeville is a city in and the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States, 150 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana. The population was 11,887 at the 2000 United States Census....
, the Vermilion Parish seat. It is part of the Abbeville Micropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Acadiana
Acadiana

Acadiana is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that is home to a large Francophone population. Of the 64 List of parishes in Louisiana that comprise Louisiana, 22 parishes, or about one-third of the total, make up Acadiana....
 region of Louisiana.

Culture

Its attractions include heliport
Heliport

A heliport is a small airport suitable only for use by helicopters. Heliports typically contain one or more helipads and may have limited facilities such as fuel, lighting, a windsock, or even hangars....
s, a shrimp
Shrimp

Shrimp are swimming, Decapoda crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh water and seawater. Adult shrimp are Filter feeder benthic animals living close to the bottom....
 docking facility, and dry dock
Dry dock

A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform....
s. As it stands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
 somewhat remote from major settlements, it is often used by the National Hurricane Center as a breakpoint for tropical cyclone warnings and watches
Tropical cyclone warnings and watches

Warnings and watches are two levels of alert issued by national weather forecasting bodies to coastal areas threatened by the imminent approach of a tropical cyclone of tropical storm or hurricane intensity....
 which affect the bayou
Bayou

A bayou is a small, slow-moving stream or creek, or a lake or pool that lies in an abandoned channel of a stream. Bayous are usually located in relatively flat, low-lying areas, for example, in the Mississippi River River delta region of the southern United States....
s of eastern Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
 but not the west of the state. It also plays a major part in Louisiana's oil and gas industry by supporting offshore personnel, platforms and drilling rigs.

External links

  • - Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission.
  • - Vermilion Parish Schools.