Carville, Louisiana

Carville is a neighborhood of St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish in South Louisiana, located sixteen miles south of the capital city of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River. Carville is the hometown of Democratic political consultant James Carville and was named for his grandfather, the postmaster.

The National Hansen's Disease Museum in Carville records the history of the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, which for a hundred years treated leprosy (now called Hansen's disease) patients. The hospital has since been closed, but several of the buildings remain. This site is now called the Gillis W. Long Center, named for the late U.S. Representative Gillis William Long, a Democrat from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, and is operated by the Louisiana Army National Guard.

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Municipalities and communities of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States

Parish seat: Plaquemine

Cities	Plaquemine St. Gabriel

Towns	Maringouin White Castle

Villages	Grosse Tête Rosedale

CDPs	Bayou Goula Crescent

Other unincorporated communities	Alhambra Bayou Pigeon Bayou Sorrel Laurel Ridge LeBlanc Lonestar Ramah Samstown

Ghost towns	Morrisonville

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