French Quarter
The French Quarter is the oldest and most famous and visited neighborhood of New Orleans. It was laid out in French and Spanish colonial times in the 18th century.Photo: Photolitherland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
New Orleans Mint
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The New Orleans Mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909.
Jackson Square
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes or Plaza de Armas, is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Localities in the Area
Faubourg Marigny
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5.
The Faubourg Marigny, commonly just Marigny, is a hip neighborhood just "below" the French Quarter.
Central Business District
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Central Business District is the part of New Orleans similar to what many cities call "Downtown".
Tremé
Photo: Bart Everson, CC BY 2.0.
Tremé is an old historically African-American and Créole neighborhood of New Orleans, just "back" from the French Quarter.
French Quarter
- Type: Suburb with 3,890 residents
- Description: neighbourhood of and historic district in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Categories: neighbourhood, old town, NRHP district, gay village, tourism, tourist attraction and locality
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.95951° or 29° 57' 34" northLongitude
-90.06557° or 90° 3' 56" westPopulation
3,890Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open Location Code
76XFXW5M+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 740658024OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
4344624Wikidata ID
Q602939French Quarter Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Ֆրանսիական թաղամաս
- Basque: Frantziar Auzoa
- Catalan: Barri Francès
- Chinese: 法国区
- Dutch: French Quarter
- English: Vieux Carre
- English: Vieux Carré
- Esperanto: Franca Kvartalo
- Finnish: Ranskalaiskorttelit
- French: French Quarter
- French: Vieux Carré
- French: Vieux carré français
- German: French Quarter
- Greek: Γαλλική Συνοικία
- Greek: Γαλλική συνοικία
- Hebrew: הרובע הצרפתי
- Indonesian: French Quarter
- Italian: Quartiere francese
- Japanese: フレンチ・クオーター
- Korean: 프렌치쿼터
- Norwegian: French Quarter
- Norwegian Bokmål: French Quarter
- Persian: فرنچ کوارتر
- Polish: French Quarter
- Portuguese: Bairro Francês
- Portuguese: French Quarter
- Romanian: Cartierul Francez
- Russian: Французский квартал
- Sicilian: Quartieri francesi
- South Azerbaijani: فرنچ کوارتر
- Spanish: Barrio Frances de Nueva Orleans
- Spanish: Barrio Francés
- Spanish: Barrio Francés de Nueva Orleans
- Swedish: Franska kvarteren
- Ukrainian: Французький квартал
Other Places Named French Quarter
In the Area
French Quarter is situated close to the neighbourhood French Market and the suburb Storyville.
- Vieux CarreNeighbourhood
- French QuarterNeighbourhood
- Vieux Carre Historic DistrictNeighbourhood
- Algiers PointHamlet
- New Orleans
- Bywater
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page French Quarter. Photo: Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.