Buras
Buras is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 945 at the 2010 census, and 1,109 in 2020. Prior to the 2010 census, Buras was considered to be part of the Buras-Triumph CDP.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 945 residents
- Description: human settlement in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
- Also known as: “Buras Settlement”, “Buras, LA”, and “Buras, Louisiana”
- Postal code: 70041
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson.
Fort St. Philip
Hamlet
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Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river. Fort St. Philip is situated 3½ miles east of Buras.
Fort Jackson
Hamlet
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Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War. Fort Jackson is situated 4 miles east of Buras.
Empire
Village
Empire is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 905 at the 2020 census. Empire is situated 5 miles northwest of Buras.
Buras
Latitude
29.35189° or 29° 21′ 7″ northLongitude
-89.52423° or 89° 31′ 27″ westPopulation
945Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)United Nations Location Code
US BUSOpen location code
76XG9F2G+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 153446977OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Buras” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Buras”
- Cebuano: “Buras”
- Chechen: “Бурас”
- Chinese: “布拉斯”
- Dutch: “Buras”
- French: “Buras”
- German: “Buras”
- Gilaki: “بوراس (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “بوراس”
- Irish: “Buras”
- Italian: “Buras”
- Japanese: “ブラス・トライアンフ”
- Ladin: “Buras”
- Persian: “بوراس، لوئیزیانا”
- Persian: “بوراس”
- Polish: “Buras”
- Serbian: “Buras”
- Serbian: “Бурас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buras, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buras”
- South Azerbaijani: “بوراس، لوئیزیانا”
- Spanish: “Buras”
- Swedish: “Buras”
- Tatar: “Бурас”
- Ukrainian: “Бурас”
- Welsh: “Buras, Louisiana”
- Welsh: “Buras”
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