Milan is a
neighborhood
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of the city of
,
Louisiana
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, U.S.A. A sub-district of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are:
South Claiborne Avenue to the north, Toledano Street and Louisiana Avenue to the east,
St. Charles Avenue
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to the south, and Napoleon Avenue to the west.
Geography
Milan is located at
and has an elevation of .
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the district has a total area of . of which is land and (0.0%) of which is water.
Adjacent neighborhoods
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Broadmoor (north)
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Central City
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(east)
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Touro (south)
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Uptown (west)
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Freret (west)
Boundaries
The New Orleans City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Milan as these streets: South
Claiborne Avenue
Claiborne Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. It runs the length of the city, about , beginning at the Jefferson Parish line and ending at the St. Bernard Parish line; the street continues under different names in both dire ...
, Toledano Street, Louisiana Avenue,
St. Charles Avenue
St. Charles Avenue (french: avenue Saint-Charles) is a thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. and the route of the St. Charles Streetcar Line. It is also famous for the dozens of mansions that adorn the tree-lined boulevard for much of the ...
, and Napoleon Avenue.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 7,480 people, 3,175 households, and 1,693 families living in the neighborhood.
The
population density
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was 14,385 /mi
2 (5,754 /km
2).
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 5,286 people, 2,372 households, and 1,118 families living in the neighborhood.
See also
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Neighborhoods in New Orleans
The city planning commission for New Orleans divided the city into 13 planning districts and 73 distinct neighborhoods in 1980. Although initially in the study 68 neighborhoods were designated, and later increased by the City Planning Commission to ...
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Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
,
Italy
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References
Neighborhoods in New Orleans
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