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Chalmette is a suburb of New Orleans in Louisiana, USA. It, like New Orleans, was damaged severely by the flooding which came with levee failures from Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. While 20% of New Orleans was above the flooding, Chalmette experienced the disaster of 100% flooding. As of early 2010 much of Chalmette is back with many open shops and restaurants, but the work of rebuilding is still an ongoing process.
Monument at site of the "Battle of New Orleans", which actually took place in Chalmette.
Chalmette is the "Parish seat" (equivalent to a county in other states) of St. Bernard Parish, known to locals simply as "The Parish".
The largest concentration of businesses and restaurants are along the major streets of Paris Road, St. Bernard Highway, and Judge Perez Drive.
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