Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Ville de Lafayette, Louisiane City of Lafayette From upper left: Statue in front of downtown fire station, oak-lined street in the college district, Downtown Lafayette, Cajundome, and University of Louisiana at Lafayette quad.
Lafayette, Louisiana is positioned in Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Location of Lafayette in Louisiana Parish Lafayette Named for General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis De Lafayette Lafayette (/ l fi j t/; French: [lafaj t]) is a town/city located along the Vermilion River in southwestern Louisiana.
The town/city of Lafayette is the fourth-largest in the state, with a populace of 127,657 as stated to 2015 U.S.
Enumeration estimates. It is the principal town/city of the Lafayette, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, with a 2015 estimated populace of 490,488.
The larger trade region or Combined Travel Destination of Lafayette-Opelousas-Morgan City CSA was 627,146 in 2015. Lafayette is the church seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Its nickname is The Hub City.
In 1884, it was retitled for General Lafayette, who fought with and decidedly aided the American Army amid the American Revolutionary War. The city's economy was primarily based on agriculture until the 1940s, when the oil and natural gas industries became dominant.
Lafayette is considered the center of Acadiana, the region of Cajun and Creole culture in Louisiana and the United States.
Main article: History of Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette is positioned at 30 13 N 92 2 W (30.2139, -92.0294) and has an altitude of 36 feet (11.0 m). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 49.2 square miles (127 km2), of which 49.1 square miles (127 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.19%) is water.
Lafayette is positioned on the West Gulf Coastal Plain.
During this time, the Mississippi River cut a 325-foot-deep (99 m) valley between what is now Lafayette and Baton Rouge.
Lafayette is positioned on the rim of this valley.
This land, called the southwestern Louisiana Prairie Terrace, is higher up and not made of wetland like much of the encircling areas to the south and west of Lafayette.
Because of this, Lafayette does not suffer momentous flooding problems, outside of small-town flash flooding, or other high water levels which prevent the Vermilion River or other waterways from their usual southward flow.
The Vermilion River runs through the center of Lafayette.
IIsaac Verot Coulee on the southside of Lafayette, at high water Lafayette is typical of areas along the Gulf of Mexico in that it has hot, humid summers and mild winters.
Climate data for Lafayette, Louisiana St John's Cathedral of Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana See Lafayette Parish School System for more information.
The enhance schools in the church are run by the Lafayette Parish School System.
The fitness has 33 schools, 21 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, and seven high schools.
The Academy of Health Careers (Lafayette High School) The Academy of Performing Arts (Lafayette High School) See Lafayette Parish Private Schools for list of schools.
Lafayette is home to a large Roman Catholic populace and, because of this, Lafayette Parish has many private parochial schools, with grades from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Lafayette has one university, one improve college, and two vocational colleges.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is part of the University of Louisiana System.
Schools and universities related to the institution have been positioned in Lafayette since 1898.
One of the newest college systems in Louisiana, South Louisiana Community College is headquartered in Lafayette.
SLCC is part of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. Louisiana Technical College (Lafayette campus) is part of the Louisiana Technical College system, which in turn is part of the Louisiana Community and Technical college system.
Main article: Lafayette Public Library Lafayette's primary healthcare facilities are: Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette General Surgical Hospital Lafayette General Southwest - (Formerly The Regional Medical Center of Acadiana) Since the consolidation of town/city and church governments, Lafayette has had a city-parish president as its chief executive, clean water a mayor.
On election day, October 22, 2011, Lafayette church voters rejected a proposal to separate church and town/city governments.
Under consolidation, the City of Lafayette and Parish of Lafayette have a common representative body and executive officer.
Public Works and other services, such as Land Use and Plat Review, are directed by Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) to serve the City of Lafayette and unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish, and by contract to some, but not all of the region municipalities.
The Lafayette Parish School System operates autonomously of any municipality, and its jurisdiction is coterminous with the Parish of Lafayette. Lafayette is served by five police agencies: Lafayette City Police (LPD)- The chief municipal police department of the town/city Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office (LPSO) - The church level police agency University Police (ULPD) - The law enforcement of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette City Marshal - The City Marshal Lafayette Park Police enforce state jurisdiction and small-town ordinance for the town/city and church owned recreational facilities and encircling neighborhoods in the City and Parish of Lafayette.
Lafayette is home to the National Guard command posts of the 256th Infantry Brigade, a military unit of more than 3,000 soldiers, which served in Iraq in the years of 2004-2005.
Lafayette was also home to the United States Marine Corps Reserve Unit, F.
Electricity, water, and waste water service Lafayette is served by Lafayette Utilities System, a city-parish government-run, publicly owned utility company.
It provides electricity, drinking water, and sewage treatment throughout the City of Lafayette, as well some unincorporated parts of the church, along with bulk revenue to the water systems of most encircling municipalities.
Television Cable tv service in Lafayette is provided by Cox Communications.
Lafayette Utilities System provides FTTH video services through LUSFiber.
Direc - TV and Dish Network both include Lafayette TV stations in their small-town packages. Downtown Lafayette from the air Lafayette is the locale of the last remaining Borden's Ice Cream supply in the United States.
Cultural organizations include the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory of Music, Chorale Acadienne, Lafayette Ballet Theatre and Dance Conservatory, The Lafayette Concert Band, and Performing Arts Society of Acadiana; as well as the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum and the Acadiana Center for the Arts.
Lafayette is home to the Louisiana Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns, the athletic squads of The University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Between the years of 1995 and 2005, Lafayette was home to the Louisiana Ice - Gators ECHL hockey team.
Also from 2009 to 2012, Lafayette was home to the Lafayette Wildcatters of the Southern Indoor Football League.
It is also home to the Lafayette Bayou Bulls, a semi-pro football program that started in 2003.
Lafayette is home to three sports venues: the Cajundome, Cajun Field and Blackham Coliseum.
See also: List of newspapers in Louisiana, List of airways broadcasts in Louisiana, and List of tv stations in Louisiana The Vermilion, University of Louisiana at Lafayette student journal Acadiana Catholic, monthly Catholic periodical of the Lafayette Diocese Lafayette is served by Cox Communications, and by Lafayette Utilities System's LUSFiber. Lafayette is home to: Lafayette is also served by: See List of Lafayette airways broadcasts for full list.
Popular airways broadcasts in Lafayette: Downtown Lafayette Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium Festival International de Louisiane - An annual global festival of arts and music, celebrating Lafayette and the encircling area's French heritage.
Le Festival de Mardi Gras a Lafayette - The second biggest Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana.
Bach Lunch - A spring outside concert series hosted by the Lafayette Natural History Museum and Planetarium, held in Parc Sans Souci downtown.
Southern Screen Film Festival - Fostering the art and education of filmmaking in Lafayette, LA! INNOV8 Lafayette - A festival of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship, established and led by volunteers of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce.
Air: Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) is positioned on US Highway 90, on the southeast side of the town/city with daily scheduled passenger airline services to Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, and Atlanta.
Charter services depart Lafayette Regional as well as helicopter services and cargo jets.
Interstate Highway: I-10 and I-49 (Lafayette serves as I-49's southern terminus, at its intersection with I-10) Public transit: Lafayette Transit System (formerly City of Lafayette Transit (COLT)) provides bus service.
Public transit is provided only inside Lafayette City Limits.
Bicycle facilities: Lafayette is dedicated to burgeoning into a bicycle-friendly community, with a strong push from both the improve and government.
The Lafayette MPO Bicycle Subcommittee meet once a month and has advanced long-term goals for bicycling in the area.
Right now Lafayette has a burgeoning number of dedicated commuter and recreational bicycling facilities, including a bicycle lane on each side of Johnston Street from UL-Lafayette region at Lewis Street to near Ambassador Caffery, ending at Ridge Road.
A recreational trail extending from Downtown Lafayette into the Cypress Island region of Saint Martin Parish is under development.
Other arterial roads include Verot School Road (LA 339), West Congress Street, Kaliste Saloom Road (LA 3095), Ridge Road, Carmel Drive/Breaux Bridge Highway (LA 94), University Avenue (LA 182), Pinhook Road (LA 182), Camellia Boulevard, Guilbeau Road, Moss Street, Willow Street, Louisiana Avenue, Pont Des Mouton Road, Eraste Landry Road, and South College Road.
List of citizens from Lafayette, Louisiana Niles' Weekly Register, BALTIMORE, June 26, 1824; LAFAYETTE "Historical Weather for Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America".
"Lafayette Schools of Choice".
Louisiana Technical College (Lafayette campus) website; accessed July 2, 2014.
Remington College (Lafayette campus) website; accessed July 2, 2014.
"Lafayette's six sister cities".
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