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Arpent


An arpent is a traditional French unit of land area and length, still used in some regions like Louisiana and parts of Canada.



  • As an area, 1 arpent โ‰ˆ 0.85 acres โ‰ˆ 3,420 square meters.



  • As a length, 1 arpent โ‰ˆ 192 feet (about 58.47 meters).



Arpents were commonly used in colonial land surveying and property descriptions, especially in French-influenced areas.


Acre (US Survey) [ac]


The acre (US survey) is a unit of area used mainly in the United States for land measurement, based on the US survey foot. It is slightly different from the international acre due to the foot definition.



  • 1 US survey acre = 43,560 US survey square feet



  • 1 US survey acre โ‰ˆ 4,046.87261 square meters



  • Slightly larger than the international acre by about 0.0005%.



It is commonly used in land surveying, real estate, and agriculture.




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