Parishes
Jefferson Orleans Saint Bernard Saint Charles Saint James Saint John the Baptist Saint Tammany Tangipahoa Washington

Cities

Central Areas of Business
New Orleans Metairie Kenner

Places between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants
Chalmette Gretna Meraux Slidell Marrero Mandeville Hammond La Place Destrehan Terrytown River Ridge Jefferson Westwego Luling

Places with less than 10,000 inhabitants
Belle Chasse Harahan Saint Rose New Sarpy Norco Covington Hahnville Boutte Lafitte Ponchatoula Lacombe Barataria Bridge City Avondale

Geographic Divisions
Greater Just released Orleans is divided into many clearly defined primary areas. This is primarily due to the presence of Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. A tetrad independent divisions of a region come known as: East Bank, West Bank, Northerly Shore, & the Flow of any stream Parishes. the layout of a given list of the East Bank & West Bank come unusual because the Mississippi Flow of any stream actually meanders through the vicinity inside a extra east-to-west orientation like than northward-to-south. Yet, a logical thinking behind a given list of a Two regions is a fact that the East Bank is on the side of the Mississippi by having the Eastern half of the United States. A equivalent abstract thought is behind a naming a West Bank.

East Bank
A "East Bank" is personal to virtually all of a City of Future Orleans & the virtually all densely populated part of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, as well as numerous of the vicinity's major suburbia. These suburbs include Metairie, Kenner, Jefferson, and Harahan on that side of the river.

Farther down a flow of any stream come the great deal little suburbia of Arabi, Chalmette, Meraux, Pointe a la Hache, and Violet. 100% of St. Bernard Parish and the eastern portion of Plaquemines Parish is located on this bank. Virtually all one suburban metropolitan area & parishes produce higher a southeastern portions of the Greater Future Orleans area.

West Bank
A West Bank is at home to more Jefferson Parish communities of Gretna, Terrytown, Harvey, Marrero, Westwego, Bridge City, and Avondale. A american part of Plaquemines Parish is also located on this button along by using Belle Chasse, connected to the other suburbia per Belle Chase Highway. A Future Orleans communities of Algiers, Aurora Gardens, Cutoff, Stanton, and Tall Timbers, come placed through a Mississippi from either the Central Business District (CBD) on the West Bank, but own hanker maintained their separate suspire.

North Shore
A N Shore is residence to the chamber communities of Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa Parish, and Washington parishes since the construction of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway bisecting the center of Lake Pontchartrain. These communities include Slidell, Covington, and Mandeville, all of which are apace growing.

River Parishes
A more communities come in the flow of any stream parishes of Saint Charles, Saint James, and Saint John the Baptist, which are located further up the Mississippi River between Lake Maurepas and the Arcadia Country. A select few one more communities include La Place and Reserve.

Transportation
A Louis Armstrong International Airport is located in western a share of Jefferson Parish in the city of Kenner.