Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Name: Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Alternate Name: Parish of Pointe Coupee; Point Coupee Parish
Latitude: 30.789310
Longitude: -91.766110
State or Province: Louisiana
Country: United States of America
Description: Pointe Coupee was first established in 1708 as a fur trading center; the Pointe Coupee Parish was established in 1816. It is also bounded by Concordia Parish (north), West Feliciana Parish (northeast), West Baton Rouge Parish (east), Iberville Parish (south), St. Martin Parish (southwest), St. Landry Parish (west), and Avoyelles Parish (northwest). Its eastern border is the Mississippi River. The area of the parish is 591 square miles, comprised of 557 square miles of land and 33 square miles of water.

The Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge lies in part in this parish. The seat is New Roads.
Place Type: County or Parish ‎
Region: Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area; Cancer Alley; Acadiana
Same As: Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana (Wikipedia); Pointe Coupee Parish (Wikidata)
Has Part: GSA 446. Map of the parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and Iberville : including parts of the parishes of St. Martins and Ascension, Louisiana, 1859
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