Gueydan (local pronunciation [ge(ɪ)dɔ̃]) is a town in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.

As had the Attapaka and earlier American Indian tribes, he often came to this area to hunt deer, ducks, geese, pheasant, cache-cache (jack snipe), papabottes, and other game.

In the late 19th century, farmers recruited Italian immigrants as laborers, but they quickly left the role of farm workers.

Some established local businesses, such as groceries, barber shops and tailors, in small towns across Louisiana.

The founder Jean Pierre Gueydan lived at his plantation, St. Bennette, about two miles south of the community.

The area had extensive flooding because it is nearly flat prairie, with an average elevation of only nine feet above the Gulf of Mexico.

The whole area was once low marshy land, now called wetlands, subject to overflow by the waters of the nearby Mermentau River.

This area was filled with trees and bushes that thrived in those conditions and could absorb much water during times of seasonal flooding.

Developers created a modern system of canals for drainage purposes and irrigation as early as 1901, but these interfered with the natural processes of the wetlands.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all land.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[8] The Louisiana state championships for duck and goose calling are held in conjunction with the festival.