Delcambre is a town in Iberia Parish, Louisiana and Vermilion Parish, Louisiana parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located twelve miles (20 km) east of Abbeville, Louisiana on Louisiana Highway 14 in the Acadiana#Geography of Acadiana. The population was 2,168 at the United States Census, 2000.

The Iberia Parish portion of Delcambre is part of the New Iberia, Louisiana Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Vermilion Parish portion is part of the Abbeville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
In 2005, much of the town was flooded by the storm surge forced inland by Hurricane Rita. Water in many parts of town was...

Delcambre is a town in Iberia Parish, Louisiana and Vermilion Parish, Louisiana parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located twelve miles (20 km) east of Abbeville, Louisiana on Louisiana Highway 14 in the Acadiana#Geography of Acadiana. The population was 2,168 at the United States Census, 2000.

The Iberia Parish portion of Delcambre is part of the New Iberia, Louisiana Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Vermilion Parish portion is part of the Abbeville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
In 2005, much of the town was flooded by the storm surge forced inland by Hurricane Rita. Water in many parts of town was up to six feet deep. The mayor of Delcambre was quoted as saying that only 25 of 900 homes in the town were not flooded.

The Delcambre town council and mayor Carrol Brousard, passed an Local ordinance in June 2007 making sagging (fashion) illegal, expanding an existing state indecent exposure law to add underwear to the list of what cannot be exposed.

Geography
Delcambre is located at (29.950207, -91.988815).