225 is the North American telephone area code for part of southern Louisiana, including the entire nine-parish Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area. The area code was the second area code to be split off from the original area code 504, which had covered the entire state previously. Area code 318 was the first to be split off from area code 504 in 1957. Area code 225 split from area code 504 during 1998/99. The numbers 2-2-5 correspond on the alpha-numeric keyboard to the letters C-A-J; a nod to the area's Cajun heritage.

The area code has become part of the regional identity for the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, to the extent that there is a local news magazine named 225.

[edit] Cities in the 225 Area Code

• Albany, Louisiana
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Brusly, Louisiana
• Clinton, Louisiana
• Convent, Louisiana
• Denham Springs, Louisiana
• Donaldsonville, Louisiana
• Gonzales, Louisiana
• Greensburg, Louisiana
• Livingston, Louisiana
• Lutcher, Louisiana
• New Roads, Louisiana
• Plaquemine, Louisiana
• Port Allen, Louisiana
• St. Francisville, Louisiana
• St. Gabriel, Louisiana
• Springfield, Louisiana
• Walker, Louisiana
• Zachary, Louisiana

[edit] See also

• List of Louisiana area codes

[edit] External links

• NANPA: Louisiana area code map
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 225 Area Code

State of Louisiana Area Codes: 225, 318, 337, 504, 985
	North: 601/769
West: 318, 337	area code 225	East: 985
	South: 985
State of Mississippi Area Codes: 228, 601/769, 662