Editing Loreauville, Louisiana (section)

==Points of interest==
[[File:Main Street, looking North towards the Village center, Loreauville, Louisiana, USA.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Main Street, looking north towards the village center]]
[[File:Photograph of the Loreauville sign at the North entrace to the Village of Loreauville, Louisiana, USA.jpg|thumb|upright|Welcome sign at the north entrance to the village]]
[[File:Rear of "Welcome to Loreauville" sign at North end of Village of Loreauville, Louisiana, USA.jpg|thumb|upright|Rear of the same sign]]
[[Bayou Teche]] winds its way through Loreauville along the western edge of the Village. Several 19th century wood-fired sugar mills were located along Bayou Teche within the village limits. The growing of sugar cane was an important crop in the early days of the settlement. One processing site was located approximately {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} north of the Loreauville Bridge on Bridge Street, on the east bank of the bayou. As late as 1970 several brick foundations and remains of the original fire pits and kettles were visible on the banks of the bayou. Alterations to the landscape in that area have rendered this and most other sites invisible to the naked eye, but archeological evidence (fired bricks, and other detritus) remains just beneath the surface. With the centralization of sugarcane processing via [[agricultural cooperative]]s, local processing became more centralized at the Vida Shaw sugar mill, which operated from the late 1930s until the early 1970s on Bayou Teche at Vida Shaw Road.

Lake Dauterive or Lake Fausse Pointe is located to the east of Loreauville and is a popular spot for hunting, fishing, and recreational water sports. The boat landing at the end of Louisiana Highway 3242 (Lake Dauterive Road) was one of several filming locations for the 1977 film ''[[Return to Boggy Creek]]''. [[Lake Fausse Pointe State Park]] is east of the boat landing and is accessible via Parish Road 169/Bayou Benoit Levee Road via travel through [[St. Martin Parish]].

The Loreauville branch of the [[Iberia Parish]] Public Library, now located on Broussard Road next to Loreauville Elementary School, replaced the old 1960's era Public Library located at Main Street and Breaux Street.

Loreauville High School, one of five public high schools in Iberia Parish, serves local students from 7th through 12th grade. This [[masonry]] and wood facility was constructed in the early 1940s. The main building has been renovated, expanded, and modernized over the years to accommodate a growing student population. The main building in the 1940s housed all of Loreauville's student population, and as the village grew in population, additional facilities were added. The original central building may be the oldest school facility in continuous use in Iberia Parish.