Plaquemines Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- Louisiana French word for persimmons
- Seat
- Pointe à la Hache
- Largest community
- Belle Chasse
- Total
- 2,567 sq mi (6,650 km )
- Land
- 780 sq mi (2,000 km )
- Water
- 1,787 sq mi (4,630 km ) 70%
- Estimate 2025
- 22,256
- Density
- 30.15/sq mi (11.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- plaqueminesparish .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Pointe à la Hache
- Capital
- Pointe à la Hache
- Population
- 23515
- Area
- 6290
- Shares border with
- Orleans Parish
- Official website
- www.plaqueminesparish.com
- Image
- Plaquemines Courthouse March 2012.jpg
- Households
- 8600
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- Commons category
- Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1807-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 70
- native label
- Plaquemines Parish
- different from
- Plaquemine
- per capita income
- 30788
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Plaquemines Parish (/ˈplækɪmɪnz/ PLAK-im-inz; French: Paroisse de Plaquemine; Louisiana French: Paroisse des Plaquemines; Spanish: Parroquia de Plaquemines) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 23,515 at the 2020 census, the county has no incorporated communities. Both the parish seat, Pointe à la Hache and the largest community, Belle Chasse are among the numerous census-designated places scattered throughout the low-lying county. The parish was formed in 1807.
Plaquemines Parish is part of the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area. It was severely damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and in hurricane events in 2011 and 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plaquemines Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.