Bourg Louisiana Map

About Bourg, Louisiana

Bourg is a locality in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,375. The population density is 162.4 people per km². Bourg is located at 29.5636°N, 90.6150°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70343.

Bourg serves as a low-slung, verdant threshold where the solid earth begins to surrender to the encroaching tides of the open coastline. It lies 7.6 miles east-southeast of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 112°T), and is situated 8.2 miles southeast of Bayou Blue. Bayou Terrebonne carves a slow, tea-colored path directly past the houses and docks of Bourg, acting as the primary artery for a landscape defined by the constant, rhythmic presence of water. The air here carries a heavy, salt-dampened weight, clinging to the skin and softening the edges of the cypress trees that rise from the marshy perimeter. At the center of daily life, Bourg Recreation Park offers a patch of maintained green space where the local flora seems to hold its breath against the humidity, providing a quiet vantage point to watch the sunlight fracture across the surface of the nearby waterways.

Generations of families have anchored their lives to the bounty of the water, building an economy that remains deeply tethered to the harvest of the coast and the intricate, shifting demands of the bayou. The history of Bourg echoes in the weathered wood of the docks and the steady hum of engines preparing for the tide, a testament to a resilience learned from the unpredictable temperament of the wetlands. Three miles to the north, Lake Long sits as a deep, still mirror to the sky, contrasting with the restless movement of the bayou that defines the town’s daily pace. Life here operates on a frequency tuned to the seasons and the water, where the legacy of the past is not a museum piece but a practical, working inheritance that persists in the language, the labor, and the slow, deliberate movement of the afternoon.

About This Bourg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bourg, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.563648, -90.614968. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bourg includes the ZIP code (70343), telephone area code (985), county seat of Terrebonne Parish, and school district assignment (Terrebonne Parish School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.