THE FRENCH SETTLEMENT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Baton Rouge Terrace setting.
French Settlement village has 2.73 square miles of land in Livingston Parish. Its Census reference point is in Baton Rouge Terrace, within Mississippi Valley Loess Plains.
Windblown loess blankets irregular plains and rolling hills, with steeper bluffs near the Mississippi River. Flatter eastern areas contrast with the more deeply cut bluff country.
Regional context: Mississippi Valley Loess Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
French Settlement and Livingston Parish
French Settlement is associated with Livingston Parish in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
French Settlement by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within French Settlement, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 5 percentage points lower than the 6.3% recorded for Livingston Parish. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, French Settlement village has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Port Vincent village (1.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

