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Des Allemands, Louisiana. Des Allemands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lafourche and St. Charles parishes in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 2,500 at the 2000 census.
The town of Des Allemands developed on the Coteau de France, or Ranson Tract, part of the original claim of Antoine Folse, the acknowledged founder of Vacherie. 1  PHOTO: St. Gertrude Chapel (1901-1956) (Photo courtesy of St. John Parish Library) The Coteau de France included much of the area east and north of Lac Des Allemands to the river, with 640 acres confirmed as being under cultivation as of the cutoff date of Oct. 1, 1800.