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La Place

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La Place

Community in southeastern Louisiana, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, 40 km/25 mi northwest of New Orleans; population (1990) 24,200. In a long established sugar cane and market gardening area, it experienced a 50% rise in population in the 1980s.



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Writings that describe the popular myths and "ghosts" associated with "la Greve" include Challamel, Les Revenants de la Place de Greve; Christine Faber, Fickle Fortune: A Story of the Place de Greve (New York, 1878); Edouard Tricotel, Claude le Petit, sa fin tragique en place de Greve, a Paris et ses ouvrages (Paris, 1863); and Andre Rigaud, Paris, ses rues et ses fantomes: la vraie cour des Miracles (Paris, 1972).
Du Pont has manufacturing facilities at Louisville, KY, the Pontchartrain Works in La Place, LA, the Maydown Works in Maydown, Northern Ireland, and through a joint venture with Showa Denko in Kawasaki, Japan.
 
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