Editing Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|591|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|557|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|33|sqmi}} (5.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 20, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> The land consists mainly of prairies and [[backswamp]].

===Major highways===
Pointe Coupee Parish has 498.98 miles of highways within its borders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsp.org/troopa.html|title=Louisiana State Police|work=lsp.org}}</ref>

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* [[Image:US 190.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 190]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 1 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 1]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 10 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 10]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 15 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 15]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 77 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 77]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 78 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 78]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 81 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 81]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 411 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 411]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 413 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 413]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 414 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 414]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 415 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 415]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 416 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 416]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 417 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 417]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 418 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 418]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 419 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 419]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 420 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 420]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 970 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 970]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 971 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 971]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 972 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 972]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 973 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 973]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 975 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 975]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 976 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 976]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 977 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 977]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 978 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 978]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 979 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 979]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 981 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 981]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 982 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 982]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 983 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 983]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 984 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 984]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3050 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 3050]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3091 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 3091]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3131 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 3131]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3190 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 3190]]
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===Major waterways===
* [[Atchafalaya River]]
* [[False River (Louisiana)|False River]]
* [[Mississippi River]]
* [[Old River (Louisiana)|Old River]]
* [[Raccourci Old River]] (not a river but an [[oxbow lake]])
* [[Red River of the South|Red River]]

===Adjacent parishes===
* [[Concordia Parish, Louisiana|Concordia Parish]]  (north)
* [[West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|West Feliciana Parish]]  (northeast)
* [[West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|West Baton Rouge Parish]]  (east)
* [[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville Parish]]  (south)
* [[St. Martin Parish, Louisiana|St. Martin Parish]]  (southwest)
* [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana|St. Landry Parish]]  (west)
* [[Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana|Avoyelles Parish]]  (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)