Lafayette Parish

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parish of Louisiana

Lafayette Parish is a populous and economically vibrant parish in south-central Louisiana, centered on the city of Lafayette and known as a cultural hub of Cajun and Creole heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lafayette Parish canonical	2
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parish of Louisiana ⓘ
borderedBy	Acadia Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberia Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Landry Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Martin Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermilion Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Cajundome NERFINISHED ⓘ Lafayette Consolidated Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Lafayette Regional Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Louisiana at Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermilionville Historic Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalDesignation	Cajun and Creole cultural hub ⓘ
FIPSCode	22055 ⓘ
founded	1823 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	554744 ⓘ
governmentType	consolidated city-parish government ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Broussard NERFINISHED ⓘ Carencro NERFINISHED ⓘ City of Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ Duson NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Youngsville NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISOCode	US-LA NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Cajun culture ⓘ Creole heritage ⓘ healthcare sector ⓘ higher education institutions ⓘ oil and gas industry ⓘ
languageCommunity	English-speaking ⓘ French-speaking ⓘ Louisiana Creole-speaking ⓘ
largestCity	Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Lafayette City-Parish Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Acadiana NERFINISHED ⓘ south-central Louisiana ⓘ
majorHighway	Interstate 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 167 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalName	Attakapas Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ
parishPresidentSeat	Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ
parishSeat	Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Acadiana region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lafayette metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionCode	Acadiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Louisiana ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lafayette → parish → Lafayette Parish ⓘ

subject surface form: Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette, Louisiana → parish → Lafayette Parish ⓘ

Southwestern Louisiana → hasParish → Lafayette Parish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana