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Faubourg Marigny

The Faubourg Marigny, commonly just Marigny, is a hip neighborhood just "below" the . Best known for the great live music district on Frenchmen Street, the Marigny also offers neighborhood cafes & businesses, historic architecture, and more.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,130 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Little Saxony”, “Marigny”, and “The Marigny”

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Orleans Mint and Jackson Square.

Museum
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The operated in , , as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over US$ 307 million.

Park
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, formerly the Place d'Armes or Plaza de Armas, is a historic park in the of , . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.

is a U.S. National Historical Park in the neighborhood of , near the . It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Bywater.

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The is the oldest and most famous and visited neighborhood of . It was laid out in French and Spanish colonial times in the 18th century.

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The is a portion of down the from the and the Faubourg Marigny. Its boundaries are often debated. Most New Orleanians and the city's historic district office describe it as being bounded St.

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is an old historically African-American and Créole neighborhood of , just "back" from the . The is famous for its music, and has some attractions, music venues, and small inexpensive hotels.

Faubourg Marigny

Latitude
29.96576° or 29° 57′ 57″ north
Longitude
-90.05424° or 90° 3′ 15″ west
Population
2,130
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
76XFXW8W+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151703761
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4324193
Wiki­data ID
Q3067307
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to South Azerbaijani—“Faubourg Marigny” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Faubourg Marigny”
  • Chinese: “馬里尼近郊”
  • Dutch: “Faubourg Marigny”
  • French: “Faubourg Marigny”
  • Hebrew: “ניו אורלינס/פאובורג מאריני”
  • Irish: “Faubourg Marigny”
  • Japanese: “フォーバーグ・マリニー”
  • Japanese: “フォーバーグ・マリニー地区”
  • Japanese: “フォーバーグマリニー地区”
  • Japanese: “フォウバーグ・マリニー”
  • Japanese: “マリニー地区”
  • Persian: “فوبورگ مرینی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فاوبورق ماریقنی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Faubourg Marigny”. Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5.