Ossun, LA

Ossun is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 2,145 residents. The community is named after the area of Ossun, France, near Lourdes. Ossun is in northwestern Lafayette Parish, around the intersection of Louisiana Highway 93 and Louisiana Highway 723. Ossun's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Louisiana setting. The local scoop is how Ossun's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Ossun is 8 miles northwest of Lafayette, the parish seat, 3 miles north of Scott, and 6 miles southwest of Carencro.