Loreauville Louisiana Map

About Loreauville, Louisiana

Loreauville is a locality in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 658. The population density is 569.6 people per km². Loreauville is located at 30.0566°N, 91.7371°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Loreauville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70552.

Loreauville anchors itself upon the low, fertile banks where the Bayou Teche curves with a deliberate, muscular grace through the humid Louisiana flatlands. It lies 6.1 miles northeast of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 7.5 miles southeast of St. Martinville. This landscape feels suspended in a perpetual state of damp anticipation, where the air hangs heavy with the scent of silt and the deep, verdant breath of cypress knees rising from the mud. At Loreauville Park, the horizon flattens into a vast, open expanse, interrupted only by the distant, shimmering promise of Sampsons Cove or the dark, still waters of Lake Fausse Pointe, which sit just a few miles beyond the peripheral canopy. When the light fails at dusk, the sky bruises into shades of violet and charcoal, casting a long, liquid reflection across the bayou that seems to pull the very spirit of the earth toward the sea.

Sugar cane stalks dominate the surrounding fields, their long, fibrous leaves rustling in a rhythmic, dry cadence that has defined the local economy since the earliest days of settlement. Loreauville grew from the persistence of those who worked the soil, creating a cultural layering of Cajun and Creole traditions that remain as quiet and resilient as the river itself. The pace of life here is measured by the slow, steady turn of the agricultural seasons and the occasional hum of machinery from the nearby mills, rather than the frantic pulse of the modern world. Even today, the identity of Loreauville remains tied to the water and the field, a place where the history of the land is written not in monuments, but in the way the sun warms the dark earth and the way the people carry the weight of their heritage with a casual, unforced dignity.

About This Loreauville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Loreauville, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.056591, -91.73706. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Loreauville includes the ZIP code (70552), telephone area code (985), county seat of Iberia Parish, and school district assignment (Iberia Parish School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.