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Place Name
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Carville
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Pronunciation
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KAHR-vil
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Place Status (Type)
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unincorporated village
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Population
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1,108 (1990)
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Location
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Iberville parish, Louisiana (LA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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30°13'N
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Longitude
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91°06'W
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Carville
(KAHR-vil), uninc. village (1990 pop. 1,108),
Iberville parish, SE central La., on E bank (levee) of the Mississippi
R., and 16 mi/26 km S of Baton Rouge;
30°13'N 91°06'W. Mfg. (hydraulic acid, styrene prod., polystyrene
resin pallets). Hansen's Disease Center, once a leper colony and now a
research and rehabilitation center for the disease,
2 mi/3 km W. Toll ferry across Mississippi R.
to White Castle.
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