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Welcome to the City of Metairie
Hello welcome
to Metairie a suburb of New Orleans. Although it has a
population of 146,136, Metairie is not legally a city as it is unincorporated
area and thus designed as a Census-designated place. Metairie is
the largest community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and is larger
than most cities in the entire state. The original spelling, Métairie,
is a French language term for a tenant farm which paid the landlord
with a share of the produce (sharecropping), as this was the main
activity of the area in the early 19th century.
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City
Hall & Schools
East Jefferson Parish Community Metairie Government site.
Southeast Louisiana
Council Home Page
Southeast Louisiana Council Page
Metairie
Schools, Public & Private Schools in Metairie, Louisiana / LA
Metairie public & private schools. School information about Metairie,
Louisiana. |
| Recreation, Attractions
Jefferson Performing
Arts Society feel like seeing some exelent performing arts
The Palace Theatre
For a great night out Gambit Entertainment Guide
For Metairie
Hollywood Online
Space Walk - Air Inflated Rides
Feel like some fun |
Local History
Metairie was first settled by the French in the late 18th century, along
an area known as Metairie Ridge, a natural levee formed by a bayou. This
became Metairie Road. An electric streetcar was installed running along
Metairie Road in the late 1910s, opening the area to greater development.
Upscale housing tracts were constructed off the Road in the 1920s; this
area is now known as Old Metairie. It is today the most prestigious area
of Metairie. Most of the rest of Metairie was not developed until after
World War II. Much of this growth was a result of white flight, as white
New Orleans residents left New Orleans during the Civil Rights Movement
of the 1960s and after integration of New Orleans schools.Veterans Boulevard
was laid out alongside a drainage canal, and became a commercial center
of the region. Lakeside Shopping Center is the highest grossing mall in
the New Orleans metropolitan area. In the 1970s and early 1980s an area
of bars and nightclubs opened in a section of Metairie that is known as
Fat City. Metairie has a large Mardi Gras season that touts itself as a
more family-friendly version of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. |
Entertainment
Beautiful things to View at
Teri Fine Art Gallerie
Gambit Entertainment Guide
AMC Theatres
Visit us for a good time
Little League Baseball the kids love it.
Jerry's Gun Works - Gun repairs, refinishing and custom guns built.
Harry's Dive Shop - New Orleans oldest and largest full service dive shop offering instruction, equipment and trips.
Shooters Club - Gun outlet and pistol range; offers training and assistance for concealed carry applicants. Website has online store and chat for gun enthusiasts.
Fishunter Guide Service - Photo gallery and trip package information for southern Louisiana fishing guide service, specializing in shallow water redfishing
Mostly Metal and Rock
The Zebra Site
Better Than Ezra
Louisiana Music Factory
More Music
Sound Chek Music Equipment
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
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Visitors
Info, Maps, Traffic & Weather and Local Links
Maps and Aerial Photos for Metairie, Louisiana
Topographic maps, street maps, satellite images and aerial photos for Metairie LA
Metairie, Louisiana Guide to Area Information
NewportNews.com offers detailed information for Metairie Metairie apartments, weather, Metairie Louisiana yellow pages, white pages, Metairie demographics, government information for Metairie Louisiana.
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