What is Louisiana (New France)?
{{Infobox Former Subdivision |width (default 290px) = |_noautocat (no for no automatic categorization) = |common_name = New France |native_name = ''La Louisiane'' |conventional_long_name = French colonial Louisiana |status_text = |nation = New France |subdivision = District |image_flag = Royal Standard of King Louis XIV.svg |flag_type = Flag of New France (until 1760) |flag = Flag of France#History |image_coat = Coat_of_Arms_of_Kingdom_of_France.svg |image_map = New France (orthographic projection).svg |image_map_caption = New France before the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] |capital = [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] (1702–1720)<br />[[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]] (1720–1722)<br />[[New Orleans|La Nouvelle-Orléans]] (after&nbsp;1722) |stat_area1 = |stat_year1 = |stat_pop1 = |p1 = Louisiana (New Spain) |flag_p1 = Flag of New Spain.svg |p2 = Indian Reserve (1763) |flag_p2 = Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg |s1 = Louisiana (New Spain) |flag_s1 = Flag of New Spain.svg |s2 = Indian Reserve (1763) |flag_s2 = Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg |s3 = Louisiana Purchase |flag_s3 = US flag 15 stars.svg |life_span = 1682–1763<br /><br /><br />1801–1803 |year_start = 1682 |year_end = 1803 |date_end = 20 December |event_end = Transferred to the [[United States]] |date_event1 = 1762 |event1 = [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Split west to Spain]] |date_event2 = 1763 |event2 = [[Indian Reserve (1763)|Split east to Great Britain]] |date_event3 = 21 March 1801 |event3 = [[Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)|Spanish retrocession]] |date_event4 = 30 April 1803 |event4 = [[Louisiana Purchase]] |political_subdiv = [[Illinois Country|Upper Louisiana]];<br/> Lower Louisiana |today={{flag|Canada}}<br />{{flag|United States}} |image_map2 = Louisiana Purchase.png }} '''Louisiana''' ({{lang-fr|La Louisiane; La Louisiane française}}) or '''French Louisiana'''<ref name=LL/> was an [[administrative divisions of France|administrative district]] of [[New France]]. It was under French control 1682 to 1762 and 1801 (nominally) to 1803 when France sold it in the [[Loui