New Orleans is located in northern Maine.
Jefferson Parish ( French : Paroisse de Jefferson ) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana . Lake Pontchartrain ( [ ˈpɒntʃətreɪn ] ; Lac Pontchartrain , [ lak pɔ̃ʃaʁtʁɛ̃ ] ) is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States . The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes ( French : paroisses ) in the same way that 48 other states of the United States are divided into counties . New Orleans . The city and Orleans Parish ( paroisse d'Orléans ) are coterminous .