Rougon | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Pointe Coupee |
Pushpin Map: | Louisiana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rougon in Louisiana |
Coordinates: | 30.6008°N -91.3972°W |
Elevation Ft: | 30 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 70773 |
Area Code: | 225 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 555842 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 22-66340 |
Rougon, (pronounced Rue Gahn) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana United States. The area is home to several plantation houses.
The community was formerly home to the now defunct P. V. Rougon store built in 1881.
There are no officially designated boundaries to the village, but the area is more or less bounded by Louisiana Highway 414 on the northern edge of the area, LA-983 on the western edge, a set of railroad tracks on the eastern edge, and southern Pointe Coupee Parish border on the southern edge. The zip code assigned to this area is 70773.[1]
There is one school in the area, Rougon Elementary School (formerly Rougon High School).