Olivier is an

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, United States. The community is located less than northeast of

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and southeast of New Iberia.Louisiana Directory of Cities, Towns, and Villages, Lori L. Smith, Sims Memorial Library, Southeastern Louisiana University, July, 2005.
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Etymology

Olivier is named for Pierre-François Olivier de Vézin (April 28, 1707 – April 20, 1776) and occupies part of the

Bayou Teche Bayou Teche (Louisiana French: ''Bayou Têche'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 20, 2011 waterway in south central Louisiana in the United States. Bayou Teche ...

's delta ecosystem.

References

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