North Louisiana

North Louisiana
Region
Downtown Shreveport, Louisiana
The North region is shaded in brown.
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Principal cities	Shreveport Bossier City Monroe Ruston West Monroe Minden Bastrop
Population  (2020)
• Total	830,266

North Louisiana (French: Louisiane du Nord), also known locally as Sportsman's Paradise,^[1][2] (a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The region has two metropolitan areas: Shreveport-Bossier City and Monroe-West Monroe, two micropolitian areas: Ruston Micropolitan Area and Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area, and two combined statistical areas: Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden CSA and Monroe–Ruston Combined Statistical Area. The Shreveport area has the largest metropolitan and CSA by population in North Louisiana.