Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| City of Baton Rouge | |
 Flag  Coat of arms  Wordmark | |
| Etymology: from French Bâton-Rouge 'red stick' | |
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| Coordinates: 30°26′51″N 91°10′43″W / 30.44750°N 91.17861°WCoordinates: 30°26′51″N 91°10′43″W / 30.44750°N 91.17861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | East Baton Rouge |
| Founded | 1699 |
| Settled | 1721 |
| Incorporated | January 16, 1817 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor-President | Sid Edwards[1] (R) |
| Area | |
| • State capital city and Consolidated city-parish | 88.52 sq mi (229.27 km2) |
| • Land | 86.32 sq mi (223.56 km2) |
| • Water | 2.20 sq mi (5.71 km2) |
| • Total[note 1] | 79.11 sq mi (204.89 km2) |
| Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Population | |
| • State capital city and Consolidated city-parish | 227,470 |
| • Rank | US: 99th |
| • Density | 2,635.32/sq mi (1,017.50/km2) |
| • Urban | 631,326 (US: 67th) |
| • Urban density | 1,592.9/sq mi (615.0/km2) |
| • Metro | 870,569 (US: 65th) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 70801–70817, 70819–70823, 70825–70827, 70831, 70833, 70835–70837, 70874, 70879, 70883, 70884, 70892–70896, 70898 |
| FIPS code | 22-05000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1629914 |
| Website | www |
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Baton Rouge is the French capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification).
Explanatory notes
- ↑ Total area for the City of Baton Rouge, not all of East Baton Rouge Parish
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Media
Portrait, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Montréal Archives
- Oldbatonrouge
Baton Rouge as viewed from the International Space Station, May 2011, looking west
Baton Rouge, 2016 Louisiana flood
The steeple of St. Joseph Cathedral, cathedral see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge
The former CB&I local office on Essen Lane, a commercial office corridor
The ExxonMobil oil refinery seen from the capitol tower
Raising Cane's Baton Rouge River Center in Downtown
Shaw Center for the Arts in Downtown
References
- ↑ Office Of The Mayor-President Sid Edwardsbrla.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ↑ 2020 U.S. Gazetteer FilesUnited States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ↑ Geographic Names Information System. edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ↑ QuickFacts: Baton Rouge city, Louisiana. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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