Grand Isle Information

Grand Isle is a town in the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It is on an island called Grand Isle. It has a population of about 1500 but in the summer, it swells to over 12000. It has been repeatedly slammed by hurricanes, and when the awakening takes place, it had last been hit about 6 years ago. Grand Isle's only land connection is an automobile bridge. Grand Isle has been inhabited since the early 1700's and Chopin vacationed there every summer.