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About Urania, LA

Urania is a small timber town in central Louisiana's LaSalle Parish with about 1,240 residents. Highway 165 runs north-south through town, connecting to Monroe (45 miles) and Alexandria (50 miles), while Highway 4 provides east-west access. The town sits amid pine forests and farmland in Louisiana's humid subtropical climate. Urania gets its distinctive name from the Greek muse of astronomy, chosen by a railroad official in the early 1900s.

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Urania, LA is in United States, at 31.864, -92.291 - about 33 km north-west of Jena, LA.

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The closest airport to Urania, LA is Alexandria International Airport, 79 km (about 1 h 4 min by car).

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