La Crosse

La Crosse is a city in the of on the Mississippi River. It is the county seat of La Crosse County. It's nestled between the river and picturesque bluffs that rise behind it.
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  • Type: City with 52,700 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: City of La Crosse”, “Gateway City”, “La Crosse, WI”, “La Crosse, Wisconsin”, “Lac Rosse”, “Lacrosse”, and “Prairie La Crosse
  • Postal codes: 54601-54603

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Crosse Center and Saint Joseph Catholic Cathedral.

Convention center
The is a multi-purpose arena in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin, built in 1980. The arena can seat between 5,000 and 7,500, depending on the type of event.

Church
The Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman is the mother church of the Diocese of La Crosse. The cathedral, designed by architect Edward J. Schulte, was completed in 1962.

Movie theater
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a movie theater.

La Crosse

Latitude
43.8123° or 43° 48′ 44″ north
Longitude
-91.2514° or 91° 15′ 5″ west
Population
52,700
Elevation
669 feet (204 metres)
IATA airport code
LSE
United Nations Location Code
US LSE
Open location code
86MCRP6X+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151679353
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5258957
Wiki­data ID
Q936780
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“La Crosse” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: La Crosse
  • Albanian: La Crosse
  • Arabic: لاكروس
  • Aragonese: La Crosse
  • Armenian: Լա Քրոս
  • Asturian: La Crosse
  • Azerbaijani: La Kross
  • Basque: La Crosse
  • Belarusian: Ла-Крос
  • Bengali: লা ক্রস
  • Breton: La Crosse
  • Bulgarian: Ла Крос
  • Catalan: La Crosse
  • Cebuano: La Crosse
  • Chechen: Ла-Кросс
  • Chinese: La Crosse
  • Chinese: 拉克罗斯
  • Chinese: 拉克羅斯市
  • Croatian: La Crosse
  • Czech: La Crosse
  • Dagbani: La Crosse
  • Danish: La Crosse
  • Dutch: La Crosse
  • Egyptian Arabic: لاكروس
  • Esperanto: La Crosse
  • Estonian: La Crosse
  • Finnish: La Crosse (Wisconsin)
  • Finnish: La Crosse
  • French: La Crosse
  • Galician: La Crosse
  • Georgian: ლა-კროსი
  • German: La Crosse
  • Gilaki: لا کراس
  • Greek: Λα Κρος
  • Gujarati: લા ક્રોસે
  • Haitian: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Haitian: La Crosse
  • Hebrew: לה קרוס
  • Hindi: ला क्रॉस
  • Hungarian: La Crosse
  • Icelandic: La Crosse
  • Indonesian: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Indonesian: La Crosse
  • Irish: La Crosse
  • Italian: La Crosse
  • Japanese: ラクロス (ウィスコンシン州)
  • Japanese: ラクロス
  • Kannada: ಲಾ ಕ್ರಾಸ್ಸೆ
  • Korean: 라크로스
  • Ladin: La Crosse
  • Latvian: Lakrosa
  • Latvian: Lakrose
  • Lithuanian: La Crosse
  • Lombard: La Crosse
  • Low German: La Crosse
  • Luxembourgish: La Crosse
  • Malagasy: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Malagasy: La Crosse
  • Malay: La Crosse
  • Marathi: ला क्रास
  • Min Nan Chinese: La Crosse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Crosse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: La Crosse
  • Norwegian: La Crosse
  • Persian: لا کراس، ویسکانسین
  • Persian: لا کراس
  • Piemontese: La Crosse
  • Polish: La Crosse
  • Portuguese: La Crosse
  • Romanian: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Romanian: La Crosse
  • Russian: Ла-Кросс
  • Serbian: Ла Крос
  • Serbo-Croatian: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Serbo-Croatian: La Crosse
  • Sinhala: ලා ක්‍රොස්
  • Slovak: La Crosse
  • Slovenian: La Crosse
  • South Azerbaijani: لا کراس، ویسکانسین
  • Spanish: La Crosse (Wisconsin)
  • Spanish: La Crosse
  • Swedish: La Crosse
  • Swiss German: La Crosse
  • Talysh: La Kross
  • Tamil: லா கிராஸ்
  • Tatar: Ла-Кросс (Висконсин)
  • Tatar: Ла-Кросс
  • Telugu: లా క్రాస్
  • Thai: ลาครอส
  • Turkish: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Turkish: La Crosse
  • Ukrainian: Ла Кросс
  • Ukrainian: Ла-Кросс
  • Urdu: لا کروس، وسکونسن
  • Urdu: لا کروس
  • Uzbek: La Crosse
  • Vietnamese: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Vietnamese: La Crosse
  • Volapük: La Crosse
  • Walloon: La Crosse
  • Waray (Philippines): La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Waray (Philippines): La Crosse
  • Welsh: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Welsh: La Crosse

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