Lecompte
Lecompte is a small town in central Louisiana. It is named after a horse called LeComte, who was named after horse breeder Ambrose LeComte. That's right – the town's name shouldn't have a 'p' in it, but an historical sign-writing error has stuck.
- Type: Village with 1,350 residents
- Description: town in Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Lecompte, LA” and “Lecompte, Louisiana”
- Postal code: 71346
Lecompte
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Rapides, Central, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.0946° or 31° 5′ 41″ north
Longitude
-92.4004° or 92° 24′ 2″ west
Population
1,350
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US LCP
Open location code
86393HVX+VR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lecompte” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليكومبت”
- Basque: “Lecompte”
- Catalan: “Lecompte”
- Cebuano: “Lecompte”
- Chechen: “Лекант”
- Chinese: “勒孔特”
- Dutch: “Lecompte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليكومبت”
- French: “Lecompte”
- German: “Lecompte”
- Gilaki: “لکانت (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “لکانت”
- Haitian: “Lecompte, Lwizyana”
- Haitian: “Lecompte”
- Italian: “Lecompte”
- Ladin: “Lecompte”
- Lombard: “Lecompte”
- Mazanderani: “لکومپت”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lecompte”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lecompte”
- Norwegian: “Lecompte”
- Persian: “لکومپت”
- Polish: “Lecompte”
- Portuguese: “Lecompte”
- Russian: “Лекомпт”
- Serbian: “Lecompte, Louisiana”
- Serbian: “Lecompte”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lecompte, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lecompte”
- South Azerbaijani: “لکومپت، لوئیزیانا”
- Spanish: “Lecompte”
- Tatar: “Лекант”
- Ukrainian: “Лекант”
- Urdu: “لیکومپٹ، لوزیانا”
- Volapük: “Lecompte”
- Welsh: “Lecompte, Louisiana”
- Welsh: “Lecompte”
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