Meraux

Meraux is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,804 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area.

Type: Hamlet with 5,820 residents
Description: unincorporated suburban community and census-designated place in Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States
Also known as: “Melonie”, “Meraux, LA”, and “Meraux, Louisiana”
Postal code: 70075

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chalmette High School and Chalmette National Cemetery.

Chalmette High School

School

Chalmette High School is a public secondary school in the unincorporated Chalmette area of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of St. Bernard Parish Public Schools.

Chalmette National Cemetery

Cemetery

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Chalmette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana. Chalmette National Cemetery is situated 2½ miles west of Meraux.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chalmette and Arabi.

Chalmette

Photo: TJM, CC BY 2.0.

Chalmette is a suburb of New Orleans in Louisiana, USA. Chalmette is the "Parish seat" of Saint Bernard Parish, known to locals simply as "The Parish".

Arabi is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, between the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and Chalmette within the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. Arabi is situated 3½ miles northwest of Meraux.

Lower 9th Ward

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The Lower 9th Ward is a section of New Orleans, east of the Bywater neighborhood, north of the Mississippi River, and west St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

Meraux

Categories: census-designated place in the United States, suburban community in the United States, and locality
Location: Saint Bernard Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.93298° or 29° 55′ 59″ north

Longitude

-89.94979° or 89° 56′ 59″ west

Population

5,820

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

United Nations Location Code

US MXP

Open location code

76XGW3M2+53

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153705193

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4333126

Wikidata ID

Q2193944

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Satellite Map

Discover Meraux from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Meraux” goes by many names.

Arabic: “ميروكس”
Catalan: “Meraux”
Cebuano: “Meraux”
Chechen: “Меро”
Chinese: “Meraux”
Chinese: “梅羅”
Dutch: “Meraux”
French: “Meraux”
German: “Meraux”
Gilaki: “مراو (لۊئيزيانا)”
Gilaki: “مراو”
Irish: “Meraux”
Italian: “Meraux”
Ladin: “Meraux”
Min Nan Chinese: “Meraux”
Persian: “مراوکس، لوئیزیانا”
Persian: “مراوکس”
Polish: “Meraux”
Portuguese: “Meraux”
Serbian: “Meraux, Louisiana”
Serbian: “Meraux”
Serbo-Croatian: “Meraux, Louisiana”
Serbo-Croatian: “Meraux”
South Azerbaijani: “مراوکس، لوئیزیانا”
Spanish: “Meraux (Luisiana)”
Spanish: “Meraux”
Tatar: “Меро”
Ukrainian: “Меро”
Volapük: “Meraux”
Welsh: “Meraux”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Bernard Parish Library and St. Bernard Parish Library.

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