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Bayou Gauche is a
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" J. B. Martin Middle School. Retrieved on December 3, 2016. "J. B. Martin Middle School is located on South Street in Paradis and services the west bank areas of Paradis, Des Allemands (Bayou Gauche), Boutte, and Luling (Mimosa/Willowdale)."
Bayou Gauche is a census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
and fishing village, with an adjacent natural bayou
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and wetlands. It is located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
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, United States. As of 2020, its population was 2,161.
Geography
Bayou Gauche is part of theGreater New Orleans
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region. It is located at (29.825162, -90.434727).
According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the designated CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (12.93%) is water.
Demographics
In 2020, it had a population of 2,161.Economy
The fishing and shellfish industries have been important in the local economy. Some residences for people in those fields, and their families, arestilt house
Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on Stilts (architecture), stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding; they als ...
s in the bayou and wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...
s.
Oil well
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s for petroleum production are also present.
Education
St. Charles Parish Public School System operates public schools: *R. J. Vial Elementary School (grades 3-5) in Paradis - Opened in 1975 *J. B. Martin Middle School (grades 6-8) in Paradis" J. B. Martin Middle School. Retrieved on December 3, 2016. "J. B. Martin Middle School is located on South Street in Paradis and services the west bank areas of Paradis, Des Allemands (Bayou Gauche), Boutte, and Luling (Mimosa/Willowdale)."
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