Belle Chasse, Louisiana Belle Chasse Belle Chasse Auditorium Location of Belle Chasse in Louisiana Belle Chasse is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.

Belle Chasse is part of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area.

Belle Chasse is the biggest town in Plaquemines Parish.

Belle Chasse is home to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, a Naval Air Station for the U.S.

Belle Chasse is home to the famous "Orange Fest," "Crawfish Fest," and "Gamers Fest." There is little consensus regarding the origin of the name Belle Chasse.

In French, belle chasse literally means "beautiful hunting." Others say that Belle Chasse was titled after a Colonel Joseph D.

Bell from Benjamin's Belle Chasse Plantation at the Public Library Benjamin was the most famous owner of the Belle Chasse plantation.

After falling into decay and abandonment by the 1930s, the landmark plantation home was completed in 1960. The bell was salvaged and today is in front of the Belle Chasse Public Library.

The Naval Air Station was established in 1920 on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, but in 1957 it relocated to its current locale (Belle Chasse, Louisiana).

Navy Reserve Airborne Early Warning Squadron 77 (VAW-77) relocated its six E-2 - C airplane from NAS Atlanta, GA to Belle Chasse.

Belle Chasse serves as a command posts for the Louisiana Air Force National Guard and home of the 159th FW (Fighter Wing). It served as the principal helicopter staging region for rescue operations amid Hurricane Katrina.

Belle Chasse is positioned at 29 51 48 N 89 59 54 W (29.852243, -89.9983335). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 28.4 square miles (74 km2), of which 24.9 square miles (64 km2) is territory and 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) (12.21%) is water.

WLNO's seven-tower directional array is positioned on the west side of Woodland Highway just north of Belle Chasse Highway.

Belle Chasse Primary, Belle Chasse Middle, Belle Chasse High School, Belle Chasse Academy, Plaquemines Parrish Alternative School. At first Belle Chasse High, which opened in 1928, was K-12, but in 1977 Belle Chasse Middle School opened to take the middle grades away. Belle Chasse Primary opened in August 1994. Belle Chasse Middle received the 5th undertaking in 1999. Belle Chasse is the current and temporary home of the Plaquemines Parish Courthouse. was once a resident of Port Sulphur and resided in Belle Chasse when he died. "Belle Chasse CDP, Louisiana." "Seafood Festival will go on in Belle Chasse - But shrimp, oysters remain a question".

"Description, history and architecture of Belle Chasse Plantation in Belle Chasse, Louisiana about 1930s".

"Belle Chasse Plantation" (PDF).

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Belle Chasse High School.

Belle Chasse Middle School.

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