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