Facts about New Orleans

Neighborhoods in New Orleans include: French Quarter, New Orleans Central Business District, Central City, East Riverside, Garden District, Irish Channel, Lower Garden District, Milan, St. Thomas Development, Touro, Audubon, Black Pearl, Broadmoor, Dixon, East Carrollton, Freret, Hollygrove, Leonidas, Fontainebleau, and Uptown.

The official website for the city of New Orleans is http://www.nola.gov.

New Orleans is represented by Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The population of the city was 343,829 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The New Orleans metropolitan area and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras, dating to French colonial times. The city is often referred to as the “most unique” in the United States.New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana, straddling the Mississippi River. The city and Orleans Parish (French: paroisse d’Orleans) are coterminous. The city and parish are bounded by the parishes of St. Tammany to the north, St. Bernard to the east, Plaquemines to the south, and Jefferson to the south and west. Lake Pontchartrain, part of which is included in the city limits, lies to the north and Lake Borgne lies to the east.Before Hurricane Katrina, Orleans Parish was the most populous parish in Louisiana. It now ranks third in population, trailing neighboring Jefferson Parish and East Baton Rouge Parish.