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Loreauville, Louisiana
Summary
Loreauville is a village in Iberia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 887 at the 2010 census, down from 938 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Iberia micropolitan statistical area, and the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area.
Loreauville was initially called "Fausse Pointe", then "Dugasville" after the Dugas family, who opened a trading post at the site. The name was changed to "Picouville" when a Picou family member donated land to build a chapel.
On April 15, 1871, the name was changed from Picouville to Loreauville for Ozaire Loreau, who had contributed the property for the old Catholic church and cemetery, and had also aided in the agricultural, industrial and political growth of the village.
Loreauville is located in northern Iberia Parish at (30.059388, -91.736830), on the east side of Bayou Teche. It is northeast of New Iberia, the parish seat of Iberia Parish and southeast of St. Martinville, the parish seat of St. Martin Parish.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which , or 1.45% are water.
The following hurricanes have impacted the village of Loreauville:
1974 - Hurricane Carmen
1992 - The eye of Hurricane Andrew passed directly over Loreauville. The passage of the hurricane caused severe damage to the local infrastructure, and residents were without electric service for over four weeks.
2002 - Hurricane Lili
2005 - Hurricane Rita
2008 - Hurricane Gustav
2019 - Hurricane Barry although a weaker hurricane, caused severe damage to electrical power lines and live oak trees
2020 - Hurricane Laura
As of the census of 2010, there were 887 people, 341 households, and 231 families living in the village. There were 394 housing units, of which 53, or 13.5%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the village was 76.9% white, 21.9% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% some other race, and 0.6% from two or more races. 1.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 341 households in the village, 35.
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