Venice (Louisiana)
| Venice | |||
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| Nickname : "The end of the world" | |||
 The Mississippi in Venice a few kilometers from its mouth |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Plaquemines Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 17 ′ N , 89 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 460 (status: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 68.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 0 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70091 | ||
| Area code : | +1 504 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-78015 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 558337 | ||
Venice is belonging to any community, a settlement, in Plaquemines Parish in southeastern US -amerikanischen state of Louisiana with 460 inhabitants.
history
By Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Venice has been almost completely destroyed. Since then, numerous buildings have been rebuilt, but the effects can still be seen. The bridge that leads to Venice was not destroyed.
geography
Venice, the end point of the Great River Road , is 121 kilometers southeast of New Orleans and is the last place accessible by road on the Mississippi a few kilometers before its confluence with the Gulf of Mexico . Venice is located on the west bank of the Mississippi at 29 ° 16 ′ 37 "north latitude and 89 ° 21 ′ 17" west longitude.
economy
Both commercial fishing and sport fishing play an important role in the village. There is a marina and numerous operators for fishing trips.
Another branch of the economy is supplying the numerous drilling platforms off the coast. One of these oil production facilities , the Deepwater Horizon platform , located about 84 km southeast of Venice in the Gulf of Mexico, sank on April 22, 2010 after an explosion. As a result of this accident, crude oil ran out of the leak at a depth of 1,500 m and caused an oil spill on a scale never seen before. This means an environmental catastrophe for the sensitive flora and fauna in the Mississippi river delta and in other coastal areas of the Gulf, but also a threat to the livelihoods of the inhabitants of Venice and other coastal towns.
