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Paincourtville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 911 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Paincourtville CDP, Louisiana )〕 It is part of the Pierre Part Micropolitan Statistical Area. Paincourtville was the birthplace of former Louisiana State Representatives Samuel A. LeBlanc, I, and Frank Fulco, Sr. LeBlanc represented Assumption Parish from 1912 to 1916 and was thereafter a state court judge. Fulco represented Shreveport from 1956 to 1972 and was a known as a spokesman for Italian-American causes. Former State Senator J. E. Jumonville, Sr., was born in Paincourtville in 1919 but later lived in Pointe Coupee Parish. William S. Patout, III, a large sugar grower in Iberia Parish, resided in Paincourtville in the early 1960s. ==History== Legend says an early traveler, unable to buy a single loaf of bread there, facetiously called the place "short of bread town", which translates to Paincourtville.〔(www.rootsweb.com "History of Assumption Parish" )〕 The first permanent settlements in this region were made by the French and Spanish (including Isleños), ''circa'' the mid-18th century along Bayou Lafourche, between the present towns of Donaldsonville and Napoleonville. From 1755 to 1764, the population was increased by the immigration of the exiled Acadians who emigrated to the area, clearing the land and building homes. Many of their descendants remain in the parish today.〔(www.lsuagcenter.com "The History of Assumption Parish" )〕 On a plot donated by Elizabeth Dugas, St. Elizabeth's Church was built in 1840. Parishioners promptly rebuilt their church after a fire in 1854. In 1903 a third structure, still in use, was completed. Nearby on a special steel scaffolding is the church bell, too large for either of the church's two towers. It was brought from France.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paincourtville, Louisiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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