Gretna

Also known as Gretna, Louisiana, Gretna, LA

second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Louisiana
Parish: Jefferson
Mayor: Belinda Cambre Constant
Total: 4.49 sq mi (11.64 km )
Land: 4.03 sq mi (10.45 km )
Water: 0.46 sq mi (1.19 km )
Elevation: 0 ft (0 m)
Rank: JE : 2nd
Density: 4,414.3/sq mi (1,704.37/km )
Time zone: UTC-6 ( CST )
Summer dst: UTC-5 ( CDT )
Zip codes: 70053, 70054, 70056
Fips code: 22-31915
Website: www .gretnala .com

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city in the United States
Official name: Gretna
Country: United States
Located in: Jefferson Parish
Population: 17814
Area: 11.659627
Elevation: 0
Time zone: Central Time Zone
Capital of: Jefferson Parish
Official website: www.gretnala.com
Image: Gretna CH 1.jpg
Households: 7891
Dialing code: 504

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postal code: 70054
Commons category: Gretna, Louisiana
category of associated people: Category:People from Gretna, Louisiana
inception: 1836-01-01
P8168: 494 BC
water as percent of area: 10.3686
per capita income: 28584

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Encyclopedic overview

Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 17,814 at the 2020 U.S. census.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gretna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.