There was a total of around $66 million of farms, rural land, hunting land and other land for sale in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, recently on Land.com. The total size of all Rapides Parish farms and rural real estate for sale was 5,000 acres. Rapides Parish ranks 11th in the Pelican State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Pineville featured the most land for sale. Rapides Parish is one of the ten largest counties in Louisiana (1,361 square miles). It's located in the Crossroads Louisiana region of the state.