The Big Easy
| New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
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| 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 |
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 New Orleans, Louisiana
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| Coordinates: 29°57′N 90°4′W / 29.950°N 90.067°WCoordinates: 29°57′N 90°4′W / 29.950°N 90.067°W | |||
| 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.
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