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Venice is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census , its population was 162. [ 2 ] It is 77 miles (124 km) south of New Orleans on the west bank of the Mississippi River at 29°16′37″N 89°21′17″W / 29.27694°N 89.35472°W / 29.27694; -89.
Boothville-Venice is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, which includes the unincorporated communities of Boothville, Venice, and Orchard. The population was 2,220 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, Boothville-Venice was split into the CDPs of Boothville and Venice. [1]
Port Eads is a populated place [1] at the southern tip of the Mississippi River, also known as South Pass, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1982.
Empire, along with Venice, is the third largest seafood port in the United States by weight and value"(NOAA, 2016)". (Landings by Port Ranked by Pounds, NOAA, 2016). Some two thousand boats home port from Empire. Species landed include oysters, shrimp, menhaden, and other types of fin fish. During the BP oil spill, seafood landings came to a halt.
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Pointe à la Hache (/ ˌ p ɔɪ n t l ə ˈ h æ ʃ / POYNT lə HASH) is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] Located on the east bank of the Mississippi River , the village has been the seat for Plaquemines Parish since the formation of the parish.
English: VENICE, La. - President Barack Obama addresses the media at Coast Guard Station Venice May 2, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley. Mitch Landreiu, Louisiana Lt. Governor and mayor-elect of New Orleans, standing second from left.
Barataria Bay [lower right] is a bay of the Gulf of Mexico that is located between Empire and Grand Isle, Louisiana [].. Barataria Bay (French: Baie de Barataria), also Barrataria Bay, is a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, about 15 miles (24 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, in southeastern Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish, United States.