Greater New Orleans
Greater New Orleans is a region centered on New Orleans, Louisiana's biggest city and top visitor attraction, and encompassing the south east part of the state, including the lower Mississippi River, smaller cities and towns, bayous, wetlands, and nature preserves.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include New Orleans and French Quarter.
New Orleans
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Way down yonder in New Orleans, you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth. Here, the laid-back atmosphere of the riverfront South has mixed with French sophistication, Spanish style, and African-American energy to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
French Quarter
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The French Quarter is the oldest and most famous and visited neighborhood of New Orleans. It was laid out in French and Spanish colonial times in the 18th century.
Saint Bernard Parish
Saint Bernard Parish is a community of 47,000 people in Louisiana, at the southern edge of the Greater New Orleans region. The chief historical attraction in St.
Destinations to Discover
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Jefferson Parish
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Jefferson Parish is in Louisiana, in the Greater New Orleans region. The parish seat is Gretna, located on the Westbank.
Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish is in Louisiana, at the south-east edge of the Greater New Orleans region. The parish seat is officially Pointe à la Hache, although since the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 most of the government has been in Belle Chasse.
Greater New Orleans
- Type: metropolitan statistical area with 1,270,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “New Orleans metropolitan area”, “New Orleans-Metairie metropolitan statistical area”, “New Orleans-Metairie MSA”, “New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area”, “New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA”, and “New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan area”
- Location: Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
29.72° or 29° 43′ 12″ northLongitude of center
-90.36° or 90° 21′ 36″ westPopulation
1,270,000Wikidata ID
Q7010868
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Greater New Orleans” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “àrea metropolitana de Nova Orleans”
- Chinese: “新奥尔良都会区”
- Chinese: “新奧爾良都會區”
- Chinese: “紐奧良都會區”
- French: “agglomération de la Nouvelle-Orléans”
- French: “aire métropolitaine de La Nouvelle-Orléans”
- French: “Aire métropolitaine de La Nouvelle-Orléans”
- French: “aire urbaine de la Nouvelle-Orléans”
- French: “région urbaine de la Nouvelle-Orléans”
- German: “Metropolregion New Orleans”
- Hebrew: “ניו אורלינס”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di New Orleans”
- Japanese: “大ニューオーリンズ”
- Persian: “منطقه کلانشهری نیواورلئان”
- Polish: “Wielki Nowy Orlean”
- Slovenian: “Greater New Orleans”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje New Orleans”
- Slovenian: “New Orleans metropolitan area”
- Slovenian: “Veliki New Orleans”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Nueva Orleans-Metairie-Kenner”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Nueva Orleans-Metairie-Kenner”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Nueva Orleans”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Nueva Orleans”
- Spanish: “Área Metropolitana de Nueva Orleans”
- Urdu: “نیو اورلینز میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
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