Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is the most populous city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth-most... Wikipedia
- Country: United States
- State: Louisiana
- Parish: Lafayette
- Founded: 1821 as Vermilionville
- Renamed: 1884 as Lafayette
- Founded by: Jean Mouton
- Named for: General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- • Type: Consolidated city–parish
- • Mayor: Monique Blanco-Boulet (R)
- Population (2020): 121,374
- • Rank: US: 234th
- • Urban: 227,316 (US: 172nd)
- • Metro: 478,384 (US: 118th)
- • CSA: 627,146 (US: 77th)
- • Consolidated: 244,390
- Demonym(s): Lafayettien
- Time zone: CST (UTC−6)
- • Summer (DST): CDT (UTC−5)
- ZIP codes: 70501–9, 70593, 70596, 70598
- Area code(s): 337
- FIPS code: 22-40735
- GNIS feature ID: 2404854
- Data source: DuckDuckGo