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urn: urn:us-la:rs:33:341
citation: "R.S. 33:341"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 33 › Chapter 2 › Part I › Subpart B"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1986, number: 1076, section: 1, effective_date: 1987-01-01, role: enactment }
---

# Division into cities, towns, and villages

Municipal corporations shall be divided into three classes: cities, towns, and villages. Those having five thousand inhabitants or more are cities; those having less than five thousand but more than one thousand inhabitants are towns; and those having one thousand or fewer inhabitants are villages.