New Orleans metropolitan area Facts for Kids

New Orleans metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Census Bureau encompassing seven parishes (the statewide equivalent of other U.S. states' counties) in the state of Louisiana.

v t e New Orleans metropolitan area
Parishes	Jefferson Orleans Plaquemines St. Bernard St. Charles St. James St. John the Baptist St. Tammany Tangipahoa Washington
Major cities	New Orleans
Cities and towns 100k-250k	Metairie
Cities and towns 25k-100k	Chalmette Kenner LaPlace Marrero Slidell Terrytown
Cities and towns 10k-25k	Bogalusa Destrehan Estelle Gretna Hammond Harvey Jefferson Luling Mandeville Meraux River Ridge Timberland Westwego Woodmere

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v t e State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge (capital)
Topics	Index History Louisianians Constitution Governors Lieutenant Governors Legislature Congressional districts	Seal of Louisiana
Regions	Acadiana Ark-La-Tex Central Louisiana Florida Parishes Greater New Orleans Northwest Louisiana North Louisiana Southwest Louisiana
Larger cities	New Orleans Baton Rouge Shreveport Lafayette
Medium-sized cities	Lake Charles Kenner Bossier City
Smaller cities	Monroe Alexandria Houma New Iberia Slidell Central Ruston Sulphur Hammond Natchitoches Gretna Opelousas
Metros	New Orleans Baton Rouge Lafayette Shreveport–Bossier City Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Lake Charles Monroe Alexandria Hammond
Parishes	Acadia Allen Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Beauregard Bienville Bossier Caddo Calcasieu Caldwell Cameron Catahoula Claiborne Concordia DeSoto East Baton Rouge East Carroll East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant Iberia Iberville Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis Lafayette Lafourche La Salle Lincoln Livingston Madison Morehouse Natchitoches Orleans Ouachita Plaquemines Pointe Coupee Rapides Red River Richland Sabine St. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany Tangipahoa Tensas Terrebonne Union Vermilion Vernon Washington Webster West Baton Rouge West Carroll West Feliciana Winn

New Orleans Metropolitan Area Media

Location of the New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell CSA and its components:* New Orleans–Metairie MSA* Slidell–Mandeville–Covington MSA* Bogalusa μSA* Picayune μSA* Louisiana* Mississippi
University Medical Center New Orleans
Delta SkyClub at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway on 1997-03-17. The spillway was operational from March 17 to April 18, 1997 – operating at a maximum flow of 243,000 cu ft/s (6,900 m³/s).