Chalmette, Louisiana Bernard Parish Louisiana incorporated and unincorporated areas Chalmette highlighted.svg Location of Chalmette, Louisiana, between the Mississippi River and MRGO canal, east and south of New Orleans.

Chalmette is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the church seat of St.

Bernard Parish, in southeast Louisiana, United States. The 2010 census reported that Chalmette had 16,751 citizens .

Chalmette is part of the New Orleans Metairie Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Chalmette is positioned east of downtown New Orleans and south of Arabi, Louisiana, towards Lake Borgne.

The improve was titled for Louis-Xavier Martin de Lino de Chalmette (1720-1755), whose surname is, in turn, derived from the French word "chalmette" (meaning "pasture land, fallow land") and has been traced to the Proto-Celtic word "kalm".

Chalmette was established by plantation owner Louis-Xavier Martin de Lino de Chalmette (1720-1755), a native of Quebec and grandson of Rene-Louis Chartier de Lotbiniere of Maison Lotbiniere.

His eldest son, Louis Xavier Martin de Lino de Chalmette (1753-1814) was born there and married the sister of Antoine Philippe de Marigny, grandfather of Bernard de Marigny.

Chalmette Battlefield, with home and monument along the Mississippi River.

In January 1815, the Battle of New Orleans was fought at Chalmette on the founder's plantation, then owned by his second son, Ignace Martin de Lino de Chalmette (1755-1815), a maternal half-brother of Col.

The battlefield is preserved as a nationwide monument complete with visitor center, and the Chalmette National Cemetery is adjoining.

The Greek Revival-style plantation home next to the Chalmette battlefield, titled the Malus-Beauregard House, was assembled in 1830 and is open to the public. On 29 August 2005, a 25-foot (7.6 m) storm surge from Hurricane Katrina overflowed through the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Canal (commonly known as MRGO) - a commercial channel dug by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the 1960s - and flooded most of the town, with waters as high as 14 to 15 feet (4.9 m) in some places.

Especially notable was the large petroleum spill originating in Chalmette's Murphy Oil facility, where the storm surge knocked over a huge petroleum tank (see photo below).

Hurricane Katrina: cars in Chalmette, post-hurricane.

Hurricane Katrina: aerial photo of petroleum spill in Chalmette, showing petroleum slick on streets (September 2005).

Bernard Highway, on the least damaged River side of Chalmette.

The majority of citizens staying in Chalmette full-time were living in trailers, which began to be supplied by FEMA or private enterprises on October 12; although many who had been promised FEMA trailer housing were still waiting as late as March 2006, seven months after the hurricane.

Bernard Project, have also participated in the stone of Chalmette, from distributing supplies, to clearing debris, to repairing damaged homes.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Chalmette.

Bernard Parish has jubilated Mardi Gras with parades in Chalmette.

Bernard Parish School Board succeeded in getting a school open despite considerable difficulties, including telling FEMA that it would not wait for the agency.

Bernard Unified School as a K-12 school in late 2005.

With the opening of the 2006-2007 school year, the Unified school reverted to Chalmette High School and now homes grades 9-12.

Chalmette is positioned at 29 56 44 N 89 57 42 W (29.945504, -89.961602), along the Mississippi River and has an altitude of 3 feet (0.9 m). It is positioned east of New Orleans, and is part of the Greater New Orleans Area.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 7.9 square miles (20 km2), of which 7.3 square miles (19 km2) of it is land, and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) of it (7.56%) is water.

Chalmette is on the east bank of the Mississippi River, just downriver from Arabi, Louisiana, approximately 2 miles (3 km) from the border of New Orleans.

Chalmette High School Chalmette is served by the St.

Bernard Parish Public Schools district.

As of 2007, Chalmette is served by schools in unincorporated areas: Andrew Jackson Elementary School (in Chalmette) Chalmette High School (in Chalmette) Before Katrina, Chalmette was served by other enhance schools including: Chalmette Middle School Chalmette Senior High School Andrew Jackson Fundamental Magnet High School (now the site of Andrew Jackson Middle School) Chalmette High School Bernard Parish Medical HHS Clinic, Chalmette, LA, webpage: ADC Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.: notes how flood trapped citizens in attics, in standing water.

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Chalmette photos after Hurricane Katrina, photos of Katrina damage in Wikimedia Commons.

Chalmette photos after Hurricane Katrina on Katrina - Destruction.com, from late September 2005.

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