Chauvin is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 2,575 in 2020.. It is part of the Houma– Bayou Cane–

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Geography

Chauvin is located at (29.447056, -90.593486). About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and 0.21% is water. West of the village is the Bayou Chauvin Oil and Gas Field.

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 2,575 people, 862 households, and 688 families residing in the CDP.

Notable people

Ray Authement Ray Paul Authement Sr. (November 19, 1928 – April 5, 2020) was an American academic administrator and the longest-serving university president in the United States. From 1974 to 2008, he was the fifth president of the University of Louisiana a ...

, the fifth president of the

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from 1974 to 2008 and the longest serving president of a public university in the United States, was born near Chauvin in 1928. *

Leonard J. Chabert Leonard Joseph Chabert, I (November 18, 1932 – September 26, 1991), of Houma, Louisiana, was a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. He was born in rural Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish in South Louisiana. Political caree ...

, member of both houses of the

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from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes from 1972 to 1992, was born in Chauvin c. 1932.

References

External links

Pitre history in Chauvin
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