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1629985. Website. nola .gov. New Orleans [a] (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, [8] it is the most populous city in Louisiana and ...
Jefferson Parish is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 440,781. [1] Its parish seat is Gretna, its largest community is Metairie, [2] and its largest incorporated city is Kenner. Jefferson Parish is included in the Greater New Orleans area .
The population of Greater New Orleans was 1,271,845 in 2020, [4] up from 1,189,166 at the 2010 United States census. Greater New Orleans is the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana, and the 45th most populous in the United States. According to 2017 census estimates, the broader New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell combined statistical area ...
504. GNIS feature ID. 555301. Metairie ( / ˈmɛtəri / MET-ər-ee) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. With a population of 143,507 in 2020, [2] Metairie is the largest community in Jefferson Parish and was (as of 2010) the fifth-largest CDP in the ...
12,738,847. Source: MSY [1] and FAA [2] Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY, FAA LID: MSY) is an international airport under Class B airspace in Kenner city, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the city of New Orleans and is 11 miles (18 km) west of downtown New Orleans. [3]
Louisiana. Louisiana [pronunciation 1] (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ⓘ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) [b] is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east.
The Neutral Ground (also known as the Neutral Strip, the Neutral Territory, and the No Man's Land of Louisiana; sometimes anachronistically referred to as the Sabine Free State) was a disputed area between Spanish Texas and the United States' newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. Local officers of Spain and the United States agreed to leave the ...
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French: Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old Square" in English), a central square. The district is more commonly called the ...