Gretna Green thousands of weddings. Today there are several wedding venues in and around Gretna Green, from former churches to purpose-built chapels. The services at all the venues are always performed over an iconic blacksmith's anvil. Gretna Green endures as one of the world's most popular wedding venues, and thousands of couples from around the world come to be married 'over the anvil' in Gretna Green. In common law, a "Gretna Green marriage" came to mean, in general, a marriage transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the
Gretna, Louisiana Elementary in Terrytown served a portion of Gretna. In 2012 Kate Middleton Elementary closed. Milestone Sabis Academy, a K-8 charter school, is in Gretna. Jefferson Parish Library operates the Gretna Public Library in Gretna. The current facility, with more than of space, opened on March 17, 2010. The library includes a meeting room that can accommodate 58 people. The library is almost twice the size of the previous facility. Schools Gretna, Louisiana Gretna is the second-largest city in and parish seat of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and