Natchez, LA

Natchez is a village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 489 residents. Natchez is part of the Natchitoches Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village and parish are part of the Cane River National Heritage Area and located on Isle Brevelle. The short version is that Natchez carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Natchez: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Natchez village is one of the oldest communities in the territory covered by the Louisiana Purchase, and is part of the Cane River National Heritage Area. The Côte Joyeuse area was home to the earliest French planters in Louisiana. Natchez is home to earliest French planters in Louisiana.