City of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana
Consolidated city-parish
City of New Orleans
From top clockwise: View of the Central Business District and Mercedes-Benz Superdome, an RTA Streetcar passing through Mid-City, a view of Royal Street in the French Quarter, a typical New Orleans mansion off St. Charles Avenue, and the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square
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Nickname(s): The Crescent City; The Big Easy; The City That Care Forgot; Nawlins; NOLA
Location in the U.S. state of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana Location in the United States of America
Coordinates: 29°57′N 90°4′W / 29.950°N 90.067°W / 29.950; -90.067Coordinates: 29°57′N 90°4′W / 29.950°N 90.067°W / 29.950; -90.067
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Orleans
Founded	1718
Named for	Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674-1723)
Government
• Mayor	Mitch Landrieu (D)
Area
• Consolidated city-parish	350 sq mi (900 km2)
• Land	169 sq mi (440 km2)
• Water	181 sq mi (470 km2)
• Metro	3,755.2 sq mi (9,726.6 km2)
Elevation	-6.5 to 20 ft (-2 to 6 m)
Population (2015)
• Consolidated city-parish	389,617 (US: 49th)
• Density	2,274/sq mi (858/km2)
• Metro	1,262,888 (US: 46th)
Demonym(s)	New Orleanian
Time zone	CST (UTC−6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−5)
Area code(s)	504
Website	nola.gov

New Orleans (/nuː ˈɔːrlᵻnz, -ˈɔːrli.ənz, -ɔːrˈliːnz/, or /ˈnɔːrlᵻnz/; French: La Nouvelle-Orléans [la nuvɛlɔʁleɑ̃]) 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 (New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area) had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the 46th largest in the United States. The New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area, a larger trading area, had a 2010 population of 1,452,502.