Chalmette, Louisiana

The unincorporated community of Chalmette is the parish seat of St. Bernard Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 32,069. Chalmette is on the east bank of the Mississippi River, just down river from Arabi, Louisiana, some 2 miles down from the border of New Orleans, Louisiana. The community was named after plantation owner I. Martin de Lino de Chalmette The surname derived from the french word les chalmettes which a geographic term for "small rocky hill" which itself was derived from the pre-celtic word chalm.

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Unincorporated community - Parish seat - St. Bernard Parish - US state - Louisiana - 2000 - Mississippi River - Arabi, Louisiana - New Orleans, Louisiana

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