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Lafayette

Lafayette Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of . According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, up from 221,578 at the 2010 United States census.
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  • Type: County with 222,000 residents
  • Description: parish in Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Lafayette Parish”, “Lafayette Parish, LA”, and “Lafayette Parish, Louisiana”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cajun Field and M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park.

Stadium
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at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium is a football located on the South Campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the city of .

Stadium
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is a ballpark located on the South Campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in . It was built in 1979 and currently has a capacity of 6,033, following the renovations/additions of 2016.

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The is a 13,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. It is home to the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's and women's basketball programs in addition to hosting various university events and commencement ceremonies including high school graduations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lafayette and Scott.

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is a city in . It's the unofficial capital of or Cajun Country. This flourishing moderate sized city is home to the University of Louisiana at .

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is the fourth largest municipality in Lafayette Parish, , United States. The population was 8,614 as of the 2010 U.S. census, and 8,119 at the 2020 census, up from 7,870 at the 2000 census.

Lafayette

Latitude
30.2141° or 30° 12′ 51″ north
Longitude
-92.0711° or 92° 4′ 16″ west
Population
222,000
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
86296W7H+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3958744363
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4330160
Wiki­data ID
Q506892
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lafayette” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لافايت”
  • Armenian: “Լաֆայետ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “parroquia de Lafayette”
  • Basque: “Lafayette parrokia”
  • Bavarian: “Lafayette Parish, Louisiana”
  • Bavarian: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Belarusian: “Лафеет (прыход)”
  • Belarusian: “Лафеет”
  • Belarusian: “прыход Лафеет”
  • Bishnupriya: “লাফায়েত পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা”
  • Bishnupriya: “লাফায়েত পারিশ”
  • Catalan: “parròquia de Lafayette”
  • Cebuano: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Chechen: “Лафейетт (кӀошт, Луизиана)”
  • Chechen: “Лафейетт”
  • Chinese: “Lafayette Kūn”
  • Chinese: “拉斐特堂区”
  • Chinese: “拉法叶县”
  • Chinese: “拉法叶堂区”
  • Chinese: “拉法葉縣”
  • Chinese: “路易斯安那州拉法叶堂区”
  • Danish: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Dutch: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Esperanto: “Paroĥo Lafayette”
  • Estonian: “Lafayette’i vald”
  • Finnish: “Lafayetten piirikunta”
  • French: “Lafayette Parish”
  • French: “paroisse de Lafayette”
  • French: “Paroisse de Lafayette”
  • Georgian: “ლაფაიეტის პერიში”
  • German: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Gilaki: “لافایت ٚ شأرستان (لۊئيزيانا)”
  • Gilaki: “لافایت ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לפאייט”
  • Hungarian: “Lafayette megye”
  • Italian: “parrocchia di Lafayette”
  • Italian: “Parrocchia di Lafayette”
  • Japanese: “ラファイエット郡”
  • Korean: “라피엣군”
  • Latin: “Lafayette Paroecia”
  • Low German: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Mazanderani: “لافایت شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lafayette Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lafayette Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lafayette County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Norwegian: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Persian: “پریش لافایت، لوئیزیانا”
  • Persian: “پریش لافایت”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لافایت”
  • Polish: “Parafia Lafayette”
  • Portuguese: “Paróquia de Lafayette”
  • Romanian: “Parohia Lafayette, Louisiana”
  • Romanian: “Parohia Lafayette”
  • Russian: “Лафайетт”
  • Russian: “Лафейетт”
  • Sardinian: “parrocchia de Lafayette”
  • Serbian: “Округ Лафејет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette Parish, Louisiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Spanish: “Parroquia de Lafayette (Luisiana)”
  • Spanish: “Parroquia de Lafayette”
  • Swedish: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Tatar: “Лафейетт (приход, Луизиана)”
  • Tatar: “Лафейетт”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi, La.”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi, LA”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi, Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette Parish, La.”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette Parish, LA”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette Parish, Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Ukrainian: “Лафаєтт”
  • Urdu: “لافائیٹ پیرش، لوزیانا”
  • Urdu: “لافائیٹ پیرش”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lafayette, Louisiana”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lafayette”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Parokya han Lafayette, Louisiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Parokya han Lafayette”
  • Welsh: “Lafayette Parish, Louisiana”
  • Welsh: “Lafayette Parish”
  • Western Panjabi: “لافایٹ پارش”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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