Mermentau, LA

Mermentau is a village in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 516 residents. Mermentau is part of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area. Nementou is later mentioned as chief of a village on a river with the same name. Acadia Parish School Board serves Mermentau. In Mermentau, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Mermentau, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Situated along the Mermentau River, Mermentau supplies freshwater for the Mermentau Basin. The basin contains about 450,000 acres of wetlands, consisting of 190,000 acres of fresh marsh, 135,000 acres of intermediate marsh, and 101,000 acres of brackish marsh. Mermentau is situated along the Mermentau River.