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Belle Chasse

Belle Chasse is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, , United States, on the west bank of the .
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  • Type: Village with 12,700 residents
  • Description: unincorporated suburban community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Belle Chasse, LA” and “Belle Chasse, Louisiana”
  • Postal code: 70037

Places of Interest

Highlights include Southern Seaplane Airport and Judge Perez Bridge.

Aerodrome
is an and seaplane base located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Belle Chasse, in , , . is situated 2 miles northwest of Belle Chasse.

Bridge
Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as the Belle Chasse Bridge, was a vertical-lift bridge in the U.S. state of which carried northbound Louisiana Highway 23 over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Belle Chasse and . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Belle Chasse.

Tunnel
Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
The was built starting in March 1954 to accommodate the new branch of the Intracoastal Canal. After nearly two years of construction, the $2,436,000 structure opened in February 1956 with the Canal beginning operations later that year. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Belle Chasse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braithwaite and Timberlane.

Village
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is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on the and Louisiana Highway 39 in northern Plaquemines Parish, 9.6 miles southeast of . is situated 3 miles east of Belle Chasse.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 10,364 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–– . is situated 3 miles northwest of Belle Chasse.

Village
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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. It is on the "Westbank" of the . is situated 4½ miles northwest of Belle Chasse.

Belle Chasse

Latitude
29.85493° or 29° 51′ 18″ north
Longitude
-89.99063° or 89° 59′ 26″ west
Population
12,700
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
IATA airport code
BCS
United Nations Location Code
US BCS
Open location code
76XGV235+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153785017
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4316329
Wiki­data ID
Q1879293
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Belle Chasse” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيل شاس”
  • Catalan: “Belle Chasse”
  • Cebuano: “Belle Chasse”
  • Chechen: “Белль-Шасс”
  • Chinese: “Belle Chasse”
  • Chinese: “貝爾沙塞”
  • Dutch: “Belle Chasse”
  • French: “Belle Chasse”
  • French: “La Belle-Chasse”
  • German: “Belle Chasse”
  • Gilaki: “بل چیس (لۊئيزيانا)”
  • Gilaki: “بل چیس”
  • Irish: “Belle Chasse”
  • Italian: “Belle Chasse”
  • Japanese: “ベル・チェイス”
  • Japanese: “ベル・チャス”
  • Japanese: “ルイジアナ州ベル・チャス”
  • Ladin: “Belle Chasse”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Belle Chasse”
  • Persian: “بل شسی، لوئیزیانا”
  • Persian: “بل شسی”
  • Polish: “Belle Chasse”
  • Portuguese: “Belle Chasse”
  • Serbian: “Бел Часеј”
  • Serbian: “Бел Чејс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Belle Chasse, Louisiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Belle Chasse”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بل چاس، لوئیزیانا”
  • Spanish: “Belle Chasse, Luisiana”
  • Spanish: “Belle Chasse”
  • Tatar: “Белль-Шасс”
  • Ukrainian: “Белль-Шасс”
  • Volapük: “Belle Chasse”
  • Welsh: “Belle Chasse”

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