Editing Loreauville, Louisiana (section)

==Geography==
Loreauville is located in northern Iberia Parish on the east side of [[Bayou Teche]]. It is {{convert|8|mi|0}} northeast of [[New Iberia, Louisiana|New Iberia]], the parish seat of [[Iberia Parish, Louisiana|Iberia Parish]] and {{convert|9|mi}} southeast of [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]], the parish seat of [[St. Martin Parish, Louisiana|St. Martin Parish]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.45|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqmi|2}}, or 1.45% are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web | url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2245670| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Loreauville village, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=April 3, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213092655/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2245670| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Hurricanes===
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]]