Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish is in Louisiana, in the Greater New Orleans region. The parish seat is Gretna, located on the Westbank.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kenner and Metairie.
Kenner
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Kenner is a suburb of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the east bank of Jefferson Parish, approximately 10 mi west of the city. It is the location of New Orleans International Airport.
Metairie
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Metairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area.
Grand Isle
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Grand Isle is in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It is a barrier island connected to the mainland by bridge/causeway.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Jean Lafitte and Avondale.
Jean Lafitte
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Jean Lafitte is a town located on Bayou Barataria in Jefferson Parish on the periphery of Greater New Orleans.
Avondale
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Avondale is a small city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It is on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, on the outskirts of Greater New Orleans.
Jefferson
Jefferson is an unincorporated area in Louisiana's Jefferson Parish along the East Bank the Mississippi River, just upriver from New Orleans. Jefferson has few attractions, but is close to New Orleans, Louisiana's largest city and main visitor attraction.Jefferson Parish
- Type: parish of Louisiana with 433,000 residents
- Description: parish in Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Jefferson”, “Jefferson Parish, LA”, and “Jefferson Parish, Louisiana”
- Neighbors: Plaquemines Parish
- Location: Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Jefferson Parish” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Jefferson Parish”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة جيفرسون”
- Armenian: “Ջեֆերսոն շրջան”
- Asturian: “parroquia de Jefferson”
- Azerbaijani: “Jefferson Parish”
- Basque: “Jefferson parrokia”
- Bavarian: “Jefferson Parish, Louisiana”
- Bavarian: “Jefferson Parish”
- Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা”
- Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন পারিশ”
- Catalan: “parròquia de Jefferson”
- Cebuano: “Jefferson Parish”
- Chechen: “Джефферсон (кӀошт, Луизиана)”
- Chechen: “Джефферсон”
- Chinese: “Jefferson Kūn”
- Chinese: “傑佛遜縣”
- Chinese: “傑佛遜郡”
- Chinese: “傑弗遜縣”
- Chinese: “杰佛逊县”
- Chinese: “杰佛逊堂区”
- Chinese: “杰斐逊县”
- Chinese: “杰斐逊堂区”
- Dutch: “Jefferson Parish”
- Estonian: “Jeffersoni vald”
- Finnish: “Jeffersonin piirikunta”
- French: “paroisse de Jefferson”
- French: “Paroisse de Jefferson”
- Georgian: “ჯეფერსონის პერიში”
- German: “Jefferson Parish”
- Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان”
- Hausa: “Jefferson Parish, Louisiana”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ג’פרסון”
- Hungarian: “Jefferson megye”
- Italian: “parrocchia di Jefferson”
- Italian: “Parrocchia di Jefferson”
- Japanese: “ジェファーソン郡”
- Korean: “제퍼슨군”
- Latin: “Jefferson Paroecia”
- Low German: “Jefferson Parish”
- Mazanderani: “جفرسون شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Jefferson Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jefferson Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson Parish”
- Norwegian: “Jefferson Parish”
- Persian: “پریش جفرسون، لوئیزیانا”
- Persian: “پریش جفرسون”
- Persian: “شهرستان جفرسون”
- Polish: “Parafia Jefferson”
- Portuguese: “Paróquia de Jefferson”
- Romanian: “Parohia Jefferson, Louisiana”
- Romanian: “parohia Jefferson”
- Romanian: “Parohia Jefferson”
- Russian: “Джефферсон”
- Sardinian: “parrocchia de Jefferson”
- Serbian: “Округ Џеферсон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson Parish, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson Parish”
- Slovenian: “Jefferson Parish”
- Slovenian: “Županija Jefferson”
- Spanish: “Parroquia de Jefferson”
- Swedish: “Jefferson Parish”
- Tatar: “Джефферсон (приход, Луизиана)”
- Tatar: “Джефферсон”
- Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, La.”
- Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, LA”
- Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, Louisiana”
- Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Jefferson Parish, La.”
- Turkish: “Jefferson Parish, LA”
- Turkish: “Jefferson Parish, Louisiana”
- Turkish: “Jefferson Parish”
- Ukrainian: “Джефферсон”
- Urdu: “جیفرسن پیرش، لوزیانا”
- Urdu: “جیفرسن پیرش”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson, Louisiana”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson”
- Waray (Philippines): “Parokya han Jefferson, Louisiana”
- Waray (Philippines): “Parokya han Jefferson”
- Welsh: “Jefferson Parish, Louisiana”
- Welsh: “Jefferson Parish”
- Western Panjabi: “جیفرسن پارش”
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