Chauvin, Louisiana

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Chauvin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,575 in 2020.. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.

Geography

Chauvin is located at Template:Coord (29.447056, -90.593486). About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and 0.21% is water.

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

Demographics

Chauvin racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	2,248	87.3%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	19	0.74%
Native American	102	3.96%
Asian	16	0.62%
Other/Mixed	111	4.31%
Hispanic or 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>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>

Terrebonne Parish Library operates the Chauvin Library.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

• 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Melissa Martin, chef, owner of Mosquito Supper Club, and cookbook writer<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>

References

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External links

• Pitre history in Chauvin