Chauvin 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 ...
(CDP) in
Terrebonne Parish,
Louisiana
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, 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 (29.447056, -90.593486). About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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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
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.
Terrebonne Parish Library operates the Chauvin Library.
Notable people
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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
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a Public university, public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus Universi ...
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, member of both houses of the
Louisiana State Legislature
The Louisiana State Legislature (; ) is the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is a bicameral legislature, body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 ...
from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes from 1972 to 1992, was born in Chauvin c. 1932.
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Melissa Martin, chef, owner of Mosquito Supper Club, and cookbook writer
References
External links
Pitre history in Chauvin
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Census-designated places in Louisiana
Census-designated places in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Census-designated places in Houma – Thibodaux metropolitan area