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