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'''Tremé''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|ə|ˈ|m|eɪ}} {{respell|trə|MAY|'}}) is a [[New Orleans neighborhoods|neighborhood]]
Founded in the 1810s, it is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, and was initially the main neighborhood of its [[free people of color]]. Historically a racially mixed neighborhood, it remains an important center of the city's [[African-American]] and [[Creoles of color|Créole]] culture, especially the modern [[brass band]] tradition. Some sources go so far as to call it the oldest [[African-American neighborhood|Black neighborhood]] in the nation.
==Geography==▼
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the district has a total area of {{convert|0.69|sqmi|1}}, all of which is land.▼
The "Faubourg Tremé" was created from land owned by Claude Tremé in 1810.<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=The Historic New Orleans Collection |date=September 30, 2009 |title=Louisiana: Between Colony and State |url=https://www.hnoc.org/pdf/LA_territorial.pdf |website=www.hnoc.org}}</ref> A subdistrict of the [[Mid-City New Orleans|Mid-City]] District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are [[Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans|Esplanade Avenue]] to the east, [[Rampart Street|North Rampart Street]] to the south, St. Louis Street to the west and North Broad Street to the north.
===Adjacent neighborhoods===▼
* [[Bayou St. John, New Orleans|Bayou St. John]] (west)▼
* [[French Quarter]] (east)▼
* [[Iberville Projects]] (south)▼
* [[Seventh Ward, New Orleans|Seventh Ward]] (north)▼
* [[Tulane/Gravier, New Orleans|Tulane/Gravier]] (south)▼
===Boundaries===▼
The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Tremé as these streets: Esplanade Avenue, North Rampart Street, St. Louis Street, North Broad Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gnocdc.org/orleans/4/42/index.html|title=Tremé/Lafitte Neighborhood|author=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|accessdate=2008-06-21}}</ref>▼
==Demographics==▼
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 8,853 people, 3,429 households, and 2,064 families residing in the neighborhood.<ref name="Treme'/Lafitte Neighborhood">{{cite web|title=Treme'/Lafitte Neighborhood|url=http://gnocdc.org/NeighborhoodData/4/TremeLafitte/index.html|publisher=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|accessdate=6 January 2012}}</ref> The [[population density]] was 12,830 /mi<sup>2</sup> (4,918 /km<sup>2</sup>).▼
==History==
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Tremé abuts the north, or lake, side of the [[French Quarter]], away from the [[Mississippi River]]—"back of town" as earlier generations of New Orleanians used to say. Its traditional borders were [[Rampart Street]] on the south, Canal Street on the west, [[Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans|Esplanade Avenue]] on the east, and Broad Street on the north. [[Claiborne Avenue]] is a primary thoroughfare through the neighborhood. At the end of the 19th century, the [[Storyville, New Orleans|Storyville]] [[red-light district]] was carved out of the upper part of Tremé; in the 1940s this was torn down and made into a [[public housing]] project. This area is no longer considered part of the neighborhood.
[[File:Creole Cottages New Orleans Treme Lafitte Street 1935.jpg|thumb|Creole Cottages on Lafitte Street in the Tremé, 1935]]
In the early 1960s, in an [[urban renewal]] project later considered a mistake by most analysts, a large portion of central Tremé was torn down. The land stood vacant for some time, then in the 1970s the city created [[Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans)|Louis Armstrong Park]] in the area and named [[Congo Square]] within Armstrong Park. In 1994, the [[New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park]] was established here.
Musicians from Tremé include [[Doreen Ketchens]], [[Alphonse Picou]], [[Kermit Ruffins]], [[Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews]], [[Lucien Barbarin]], and "The King of Treme" [[Shannon Powell]]. Additionally, comedian [[Mark Normand]] grew up in the neighborhood. While predominantly African-American, the population has been mixed from the 19th century through to the 21st. Jazz musicians of [[Europe]]an ancestry such as [[Henry Ragas]] and [[Louis Prima]] also lived in Tremé. Also, Joe's Cozy Corner in Tremé is often considered the birthplace of [[Rebirth Brass Band]], one of the most notable current New Orleans bands. [[Alex Chilton]], who led the rock groups [[Big Star]] and [[The Box Tops]], lived in Tremé from the early 1990s until his death in 2010.<ref>{{
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▲In the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], the Tremé neighborhood received minor to moderate flooding. In the portion of the neighborhood in from I-10, the water was generally not high enough to damage many of the old raised homes.
==African-American heritage sites==
[[File:FuneralTremeAlgiersSousaphone.jpg|thumb|right|A Second Line band going through the Tremé]]
Located in Tremé, the [[New Orleans African American Museum]] is dedicated to protecting, preserving, and promoting through education the history, art, and communities of African Americans in New Orleans and the [[African diaspora]]. It is listed on the [[Louisiana African American Heritage Trail]], as is the community's [[St. Augustine Church (New Orleans)|St. Augustine Church]] — the oldest African-American [[Catholic Church|Catholic parish]] in the U.S.
▲==Geography==
▲According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the district has a total area of {{convert|0.69|sqmi|1}}, all of which is land.
▲===Adjacent neighborhoods===
▲* [[French Quarter]] (east)
▲* [[Iberville Projects]] (south)
▲* [[Seventh Ward, New Orleans|Seventh Ward]] (north)
▲* [[Tulane/Gravier, New Orleans|Tulane/Gravier]] (south)
▲===Boundaries===
▲The New Orleans City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Tremé as these streets: Esplanade Avenue, North Rampart Street, St. Louis Street, North Broad Street.<ref>{{cite web|author=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|title=Tremé/Lafitte Neighborhood|url=http://gnocdc.org/orleans/4/42/index.html|
▲==Demographics==
▲As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 8,853 people, 3,429 households, and 2,064 families residing in the neighborhood.<ref name="Treme'/Lafitte Neighborhood">{{cite web|title=Treme'/Lafitte Neighborhood|url=http://gnocdc.org/NeighborhoodData/4/TremeLafitte/index.html|access-date=6 January 2012|publisher=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 4,155 people residing in the neighborhood.<ref name="Treme'/Lafitte Neighborhood"/> The neighborhood was 92.4% Black or African American, 4.9% White, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.1% Asian, 0.5% Two or More Races, and 0.6% Other.<ref name="Treme'/Lafitte Census">{{cite web|title=Treme'/Lafitte Census|url=https://www.datacenterresearch.org/data-resources/neighborhood-data/district-4/treme-lafitte/|access-date=27 March 2022|publisher=The Data Center}}</ref>
As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 4,590 people residing in the neighborhood.<ref name="Treme'/Lafitte Census"/> The neighborhood is 56.3% Black or African American, 35.6% White, 5.1% Hispanic, 0.4% Asian, 2.6% Two or More Races, and 0.2% Other.<ref name="Treme'/Lafitte Census"/>
==Education==
*[[New Orleans Public Schools]] and various charter schools serve the community.
*[[Joseph S. Clark High School|Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School]] is located in Tremé.<ref name=Wyckoff>Wyckoff, Geraldine. "[http://www.louisianaweekly.com/next-up-the-treme-creole-gumbo-festival/ Next up: The Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival!]" ([https://
*The [[McDonogh 35 High School]] is in the Tremé area. There were plans to move the school to the Phillips/Waters school site by 2013.<ref>"[http://www.columbiaparc.com/education.php Education]." ([https://
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans]] operates Catholic schools. St. [[Peter Claver]] School was in Tremé. It was established in 1921, and closed in 2019. In its final year it had 147 students, while the archdiocese's expected enrollment was 200. At the time its budget shortfall was $83,000. Its tuition usually ranged from $5,400 to $5,900 during the 2017-2018 school year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Broach, Drew|url=https://www.nola.com/news/education/article_288bbcbb-9398-5917-9d15-e13cd4488837.html|title=St. Peter Claver School in Treme closing; more Catholic school changes coming in New Orleans area |newspaper=[[The Times Picayune]]|date=2019-01-10|
==In popular culture==
===Films===
*''Shake the Devil Off'' (2007),<ref>[http://www.shakethedeviloff.com ::: Shake The Devil Off :::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a documentary co-written by Swiss-based director [[Peter Entell]] with Lydia Breen, that explores the post-Katrina lives of parishioners at St. Augustine Church in the Tremé (the oldest predominantly black Catholic parish in the nation).
*''[[Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans]]'' (2008),<ref>{{cite book| date=2008|url=http://www.tremedoc.com/| title=Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans|website=tremedoc.com|publisher=Serendipity Films|
*''[[Tradition is a Temple]]'' (2011), popular contemporary musicians from the Tremé, like "The King of Tremé" [[Shannon Powell]], [[Lucien Barbarin]], and the [[Treme Brass Band]], are featured heavily in this non-fiction film by Darren Hoffman
===Music===
*Jazz singer [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]] recorded her album ''[[Dee Dee's Feathers]]'' (2015) in Esplanade Studios in Tremé, to commemorate 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee's Feathers|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dee-dees-feathers-mw0002835506|website=[[Allmusic]]|
===Television===
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==Gallery==
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File:StClaudeDumainPoincy.jpg|Corner of St. Claude & Dumaine Streets, 1895
File:AugustineTreme14Jan2008AboveB.jpg|[[St. Augustine Church (New Orleans)|St. Augustine Church]]
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File:TremeNOLASmoothJaz.JPG|Tremé Brass band playing in the Candlelight Lounge
File:MeilleurGoldthwaiteHouseFrontB.jpg|[[New Orleans African American Museum]]
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==See also==
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