Editing Chauvin, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Chauvin
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| settlement_type         = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
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| image_skyline           = Chauvin Louisiana view.jpg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = United States
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2       = Parish
| subdivision_name2       = [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne]]
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = 12.35
| area_total_sq_mi        = 4.77
| area_land_sq_mi         = 4.76
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.01
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| population_as_of        = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total        = 2575
| population_density_km2  = 208.81
| population_density_sq_mi = 540.85
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| utc_offset1             = -6
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|postal_code              = 70344<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/70344|title=Chauvin LA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
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| area_code               = [[Area code 985|985]]
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 22-14520
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|area_land_km2 = 12.33
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'''Chauvin''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 2,575 in 2020.. It is part of the [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]]–[[Bayou Cane, Louisiana|Bayou Cane]]–[[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]] [[Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
Chauvin is located at {{Coord|29|26|49|N|90|35|37|W|type:city}} (29.447056, -90.593486). About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|4.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.21% is water.

West of the village is the Bayou Chauvin Oil and Gas Field.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 2575
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Chauvin racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2214520&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-28|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 2,248
| 87.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 19
| 0.74%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 102
| 3.96%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 16
| 0.62%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 111
| 4.31%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 79
| 3.07%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,575 people, 862 households, and 688 families residing in the CDP.

==Education==
The school district is [[Terrebonne Parish School District]], as with other locations in the parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22109_terrebonne/DC20SD_C22109.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Terrebonne Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-02-17}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22109_terrebonne/DC20SD_C22109_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

[[Terrebonne Parish Library]] operates the Chauvin Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mytpl.org/branches/chauvin/|title=Chauvin|publisher=[[Terrebonne Parish Library]]|access-date=2024-02-17|quote=5500 Highway 56 Chauvin, LA 70344}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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*[[Ray Authement]], the fifth president of the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]] from 1974 to 2008 and the longest serving president of a public university in the United States, was born near Chauvin in 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theind.com/cover-story/253|title=Newsmaker of the Year|publisher=theind.com|accessdate=June 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cynthiadaigle&id=I005821|title=Ray Paul Authement|publisher=wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=June 22, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Leonard J. Chabert]], member of both houses of the [[Louisiana State Legislature]] from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes from 1972 to 1992, was born in Chauvin c. 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Leonard&qmi=J&qn=Chabert&qcs=Houma%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Leonard J. Chabert|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 15, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Melissa Martin]], chef, owner of Mosquito Supper Club, and cookbook writer<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Brett |date=2022-02-01 |title=On the Cajun Coast, a Chef Grapples With Threats to a Seafood Tradition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/dining/louisiana-seafood-climate-change-melissa-martin.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=2025-01-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131126235623/http://pitres.us/pitrehistoryhome.html Pitre history in Chauvin]
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Houma – Thibodaux metropolitan area]]