Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Pointe Coupee Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish
Parish
	Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
	Louisiana's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 30°43′N 91°36′W / 30.71°N 91.6°W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Founded	1807
Named for	French for the place of the cut-off
Seat	New Roads
Largest city	New Roads
Area
• Total	591 sq mi (1,530 km2)
• Land	557 sq mi (1,440 km2)
• Water	33 sq mi (90 km2) 5.6%
Population (2020)
• Total	20,758
• Estimate (2021)	20,356
• Density	35/sq mi (14/km2)
Demonym	Pointe Coupean
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	70715, 70729, 70732, 70736, 70747, 70749, 70752, 70753, 70755, 70756, 70759, 70760, 70762, 70773, 70783
Area code	225
Congressional district	6th
Website	pcparish.org

Pointe Coupee Parish (/ˈpɔɪnt kəˈpiː/ or /ˈpwɑːnt kuːˈpeɪ/; French: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,758.^[2] The parish seat is New Roads.^[3]

Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of Louisiana was located in Pointe Coupee Parish, in the city of New Roads.^[4]

^ "County Population Totals: 2020-2021". Retrieved January 22, 2023.
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^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Centers of Population by State: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[1] "County Population Totals: 2020-2021". Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[:0-2] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[GR6-3] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[4] "Centers of Population by State: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

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