Coteau Bourgeois, Louisiana

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Coteau Bourgeois, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coteau Bourgeois
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Coteau Bourgeois
Coordinates: 30°15′38″N90°45′29″W / 30.26056°N 90.75806°W / 30.26056; -90.75806
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Livingston
Elevation
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7 ft (2.1 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70449
Area code 225
GNIS feature ID534149 [1]
FIPS code 22-17720

Coteau Bourgeois is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) southeast of French Settlement and 8 miles (13 kilometres) west of Sorrento. [2] The site is on Louisiana Highway 22 and is one mile south of Head of Island on the Amite River. [3]

Etymology

In the French language the word Coteau means Hill and Bourgeois was the name for a wealthy class of French citizens in the late 18th century.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coteau Bourgeois, Louisiana
  2. ↑ The American Atlas: U.S. Longitudes & Latitudes, Time Changes and Time Zones. ACS Publications. 1990. p. 209. ISBN   978-0-935127-13-3.
  3. ↑ French Settlement, LA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1991
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