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The Florida Parishes of Louisiana stretch from the Mississippi state line on its eastern and northern borders to the Mississippi River on its western border, and Lake Pontchartrain on its southern border. The most populated urban area is the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area. St. Tammany Parish is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area.
The largest municipality by population in Louisiana in 2020 is New Orleans with 383,997 residents, and the smallest is Mound with 12 residents. [1] The largest municipality by land area is New Orleans, which spans 169.49 sq mi (439.0 km 2), while Napoleonville is the smallest at 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km 2). [7]
The large cities of the region are (from west to east) Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, Panama City, St. Petersburg, and Tampa. All are the centers or major cities of their respective metropolitan areas and many contain large ports.
Apalachicola. This fishing town in Florida's panhandle is the place for fresh catch. Book a room at an inn (The Gibson Inn is cute) and learn about the local oyster, timber, and fishing history ...
State, federal district, or territory State, federal district, or territory population Most populous 2nd most populous 3rd most populous 4th most populous 5th most populous Capital (if not otherwise listed) Name Population Name Population Name Population Name Population Name Population Name Population Alabama: 5,108,468 Huntsville: 225,564 ...
Florida Area is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Florida Boulevard, Gallier, Law, Congress and North Dorgenois Streets to the north; Mazant Street to the east; North Galvez Street to the south; and Montegut Street, Law Street, and Almonaster Avenue to the west.
[4]: 290–291 West Florida occupied the land from the Mississippi River to beyond the Mobile River and also separated the United States' Orleans and Mississippi territories. (New Orleans and West Florida had been the prime U.S. desires in the negotiations with Napoleon that resulted instead in the Louisiana Purchase.)
Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4] [5] Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 17,814 at the 2020 U ...