Carville

Carville is a surname of French origin and is also the name of places in the United States. The most prominent locality bearing the name is Carville, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Iberville Parish, located near the Mississippi River and part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. The community is best known for the Carville Leprosarium, a long-running public health facility established in the late 19th century to treat leprosy patients in the southern United States. The leprosarium complex now operates as the National Hansen's Disease Museum, preserving the history of leprosy treatment and public health in the region.

Notable people with the surname include James Carville (born 1944), an American political consultant and commentator who rose to prominence as a strategist for Bill Clinton in the 1992 presidential campaign; he has remained a public figure in American politics and media, often appearing as a commentator and analyst. Other individuals with the surname have less widespread public profiles.

There may be other places named Carville in the English-speaking world, but Carville, Louisiana is the location most commonly associated with the name.