Greater New Orleans
Greater New Orleans is a metropolitan area in south-east Louisiana, centered around the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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East Bank
The bulk of the City of New Orleans proper, as well as many major suburbs, are an area known as the "East Bank", as it is on the side of the Mississippi River with the Eastern half of the United States. (Due to its twists, the river divides the metro area closer to north/south geographically than east/west.)
The largest suburb of New Orleans is adjacent Metairie, up river from the city.
Other East bank suburbs include Kenner (site of the areas main airport, Louis Armstrong International Airport), Jefferson, Harahan, and the other portions of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana on that side of the river.
Down river, Arabi, Chalmette, and Meraux are the St. Bernard Parish portions of the metro area.
West Bank
Across the Mississippi, Algiers, Louisiana is legally part of the city of New Orleans, but has long maintained an element of separate identity.
The most important West Bank suburbs are in Jefferson Parish, including Gretna, Terrytown, Harvey, Marrero, Westwego, Bridge City, and Avondale.
In Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana is Belle Chasse, connected to Terrytown and Gretna by the major artery of the Belle Chase Highway.
North Shore
Other communities around Lake Pontchartrain have become homes for commuters who work in New Orleans since the construction of the Interstate Highways and the causeway bisecting the center of the lake.
Such communities on the North Shore of the lake include Slidell, Covington, Mandeville.
Other commmunities sometimes considered to be within the greater Metro Area include La Place, Reserve, Violet.Other communities