Chalmette

Community in extreme southeastern Louisiana, USA, on the east (northern) bank of the Mississippi River, just east of New Orleans; seat of St Bernard Parish; population (1990) 31,900. Chalmette is an almost entirely white residential suburb, with oil, chemical, and aluminium plants and rail terminals along its riverfront.

The 57 ha/140 ac Chalmette unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park occupies the site where Andrew Jackson and American forces defeated the British on 8 January 1815, in the Battle of New Orleans, at the end of the War of 1812.