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The Urania handbook

Living in Urania, LA: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in most of Urania comes from Village of Urania Water System, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Urania comes from Concordia Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Urania, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Urania.

Electricity

Power comes from Concordia Electric Coop

Concordia Electric Coop (Concordia Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Urania. Its homes paid an average of 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Louisiana).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Village of Urania Water System

Village of Urania Water System supplies Urania: about 72% of residents live in its service area. About 28% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Town of Olla Water System as seller) and serves 784 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. LA1059011.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Urania

100% of 306 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Swyft ConnectFiber100%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL15%60/5
T-MobileFixed wireless50%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Urania’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Urania.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Urania or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Urania kids go to
PK–84 schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Urania is in La Salle Parish School District.

ASchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Urania is in ZIP code 71480

ZIP codes where Urania residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of UraniaZIP’s residents in Urania
71480Urania, LA100%60%
Area code318Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Urania

Who supplies Urania’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Village of Urania Water System (EPA ID LA1059011). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Urania?

Concordia Electric Coop (Concordia Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Urania?

Swyft Connect, Brightspeed, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Urania?

71480. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Urania in?

La Salle Parish School District.

How do I register to vote in Urania?

In Louisiana you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the LaSalle Parish Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterportal.sos.la.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.