Bossier City
Sign in to savesuburb city of Shreveport, located in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parishes
- Bossier
- Founded
- 1907 (119 years ago) ( 1907 )
- Named after
- Pierre Bossier
- Mayor
- Tommy Chandler ( R )
- City council
- Members list At Large: Craton Cochran ( R ) At Large: Chris Smith ( R ) Dist 1: Brian Hammons ( R ) Dist 2: Debra W. Ross ( D ) Dist 3: Cliff Smith ( R ) Dist 4: Joel Girouard ( R ) Dist 5: Vince Maggio ( R )
- City
- 45.02 sq mi (116.60 km )
- Land
- 43.85 sq mi (113.57 km )
- Water
- 1.17 sq mi (3.03 km ) 1.89%
- Metro
- 2,698.0 sq mi (6,987.8 km )
- Elevation
- 164 ft (50 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 63,949
- Rank
- BO : 1st, LA : 7th
- Density
- 1,429.9/sq mi (552.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 71111-71113, 71171-71172
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Bossier City (/ˈboʊʒər/ BOH-zhər) is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 62,701 at the 2020 census. Located on the eastern bank of the Red River, Bossier City is closely tied economically and socially to its sister city, Shreveport, on the western bank. It is the second-most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. The parish operates its own community college, Bossier Parish Community College.
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