Mer Rouge, Louisiana

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The village of Mer Rouge is located in Morehouse Parish.

Mer Rouge is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Mer Rouge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Mer Rouge, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Mer Rouge had a population of 721 people^<2> (or 2.33% of the total population of Morehouse Parish).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Mer Rouge had a population of 659 people. This is a decrease of 8.6% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Mer Rouge.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bastrop	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	11,814	9.04% decrease
	Bonita	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	305	8.96% decrease
	Collinston	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	302	7.65% decrease
	Epps	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	1,101	4.51% decrease
	Leisure Village	SW	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Oak Ridge	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	129	9.15% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mer Rouge.

The Commemorative Quarter for Louisiana<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Mer Rouge. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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