North Louisiana (French: Louisiane du Nord), also known locally as Sportsman's Paradise,[1][2] (a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

The Shreveport area has the largest metropolitan and CSA by population in North Louisiana.

The northwestern portion of Louisiana is culturally and economically attached to Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas.

Combined they comprise the Ark-La-Tex area, just as the northeastern portion of Louisiana, Southeast Arkansas, and Northwest Mississippi are known as the Ark-La-Miss.

The Louisiana Central Hill Country, the hilly areas of LaSalle, Grant, Winn, Caldwell, Natchitoches, Jackson, Lincoln, and Bienville parishes,[3] extend into portions of North Louisiana's border with Central Louisiana.