Central Indiana
Tippecanoe
Fairfield Township

Lafayette

Lafayette is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, . It is located 2 hours southeast of and 1 hour northwest of . The Greater Lafayette metropolitan area consists of the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette.
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  • Type: City with 70,800 residents
  • Description: city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: “La Fayette”, “LaFayette”, “Lafayette, IN”, and “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Postal codes: 47901-47905 and 47909

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception and Lafayette station.

Church
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The is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. It is located at 1207 Columbia Street in Lafayette, . It is also a contributing property in the St. Mary Historic District.

Railway station
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is an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Indiana, served by the Cardinal. The current station facility was established in 1994. The Amtrak train previously stopped in the middle of the city's 5th Street, near the former Monon Railroad depot.

Hospital
, previously known as St. Elizabeth Central, was a 155-bed hospital in Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and part of the Franciscan Health hospital system.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Lafayette and Barbarry Heights.

Town
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is a city in , United States. The population was 44,595 at the 2020 census. sits across the from its sister city, Lafayette, and is a college town, home to Purdue University.

Neighborhood
West Lafayette is a city in , United States. The population was 44,595 at the 2020 census. West Lafayette sits across the from its sister city, Lafayette, and is a college town, home to Purdue University.

Lafayette

Latitude
40.4191° or 40° 25′ 9″ north
Longitude
-86.8919° or 86° 53′ 31″ west
Population
70,800
Elevation
692 feet (211 metres)
IATA airport code
LAF
Open location code
86GMC495+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153560736
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4922462
Wiki­data ID
Q638187
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lafayette” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لافاييت”
  • Basque: “Lafayette”
  • Belarusian: “Лафает”
  • Belarusian: “Лафеет”
  • Bulgarian: “Лафайет”
  • Catalan: “Lafayette”
  • Cebuano: “Lafayette (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Indiana)”
  • Cebuano: “Lafayette”
  • Chechen: “Лафаэтт”
  • Chinese: “Lafayette”
  • Chinese: “拉斐特”
  • Chinese: “拉法葉”
  • Croatian: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Croatian: “Lafayette”
  • Czech: “Lafayette”
  • Dagbani: “Lafayette”
  • Danish: “Lafayette”
  • Dutch: “Lafayette”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لافاييت”
  • Finnish: “Lafayette”
  • French: “Lafayette”
  • German: “Lafayette”
  • Gilaki: “لافایت (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “لافایت”
  • Greek: “Λαφαγιέτ”
  • Haitian: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Haitian: “Lafayette”
  • Hebrew: “לפאייט, אינדיאנה”
  • Hindi: “लफायत, इंडियाना”
  • Hindi: “लफायत”
  • Hungarian: “Lafayette”
  • Ido: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Ido: “Lafayette”
  • Irish: “Lafayette”
  • Italian: “Lafayette”
  • Japanese: “ラファイエット”
  • Japanese: “ラフィエット”
  • Korean: “라페이엣”
  • Korean: “라피엣”
  • Ladin: “Lafayette”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lafayette”
  • Malagasy: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Malagasy: “Lafayette”
  • Mazanderani: “لافایت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lafayette”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lafayette”
  • Norwegian: “Lafayette”
  • Persian: “لافایت، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “لافایت”
  • Persian: “لافیت، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “لافیت”
  • Polish: “Lafayette”
  • Portuguese: “Lafayette”
  • Romanian: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Romanian: “Lafayette”
  • Russian: “Лафайет”
  • Russian: “Лафайетт”
  • Russian: “Лафейетт”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lafayette”
  • Serbian: “Lafayette”
  • Serbian: “Лафајет”
  • Serbian: “Лафејет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette”
  • Silesian: “Lafayette”
  • Slovak: “Lafayette”
  • Slovenian: “Lafayette”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لافیت، ایندیانا”
  • Spanish: “Lafayette (Indiana)”
  • Spanish: “Lafayette”
  • Swedish: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Lafayette”
  • Tatar: “Лафаэтт”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Lafayette”
  • Ukrainian: “Лафаєтт”
  • Urdu: “لا فائت، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “لا فائت”
  • Urdu: “لافیت، انڈیانا”
  • Vietnamese: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Vietnamese: “Lafayette”
  • Volapük: “Lafayette”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lafayette”
  • Welsh: “Lafayette, Indiana”
  • Welsh: “Lafayette”
  • “Lafayette”

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