Basile is a town in Acadia and Evangeline parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

[3] The Acadia Parish portion of Basile is part of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,214 people, 570 households, and 345 families residing in the town.

About 30.3% of families and 31.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.7% of those under the age of 18 and 21.5% of those 65 and older.

Basile is also the location of the privately operated South Louisiana Correctional Facility.