Metairie ( MET-ər-ee; French: Métairie [metɛʁi]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States and is a major section of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. Metairie is the largest community in Jefferson Parish and the fifth-largest CDP in the United States. It is an unincorporated area that would be Louisiana's fourth-largest city if it were incorporated. The zip codes that serve the community are 70001-70006.
Métairie is the French term for a small tenant farm which paid the landlord with a share of the produce, also known as sharecropping. In the 1760s, many of the original French farmers were tenants; after the Civil War, the majority of the community's inhabitants were sharecroppers until urbanization started in the 1910s.
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Great place to raise a family!
It's very quiet here. The people are friendly, and its a family environment.
Metairie is a mixed suburban city surrounded by good restaurant's, shopping mall, good schools, churches, etc. I personally live behind East Jefferson Hospital where a lot of seniors live. A lot of folks get along quite well and are involved in our community.
People from all walks of life and ages are here.
Great place to live!