Arpent
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An arpent is the name give to a unit of length and to a unit of area. It is not an SI unit. It is used in Quebec as well as in some areas of the United States that were part of French Louisiana.
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Definition
Unit of length
1 arpent = 180 Paris feet (of approximately 32 centimetres), or 192 English feet = 58.52 metres.
Unit of area
1 arpent = 32 400 square Paris feet = 3 425 square metres
Official conversion in Louisiana, Mississipi, Alabama & Florida:
- 1 arpent = 0.84628 acre = 3 424.77365 square metres
Official conversion in Arkansas and Missouri:
- 1 arpent = 0.8507 acre = 3 442.66076 square metres
Origin
The arpent was a pre-metric French unit.
See also
French Medieval weights and measures
