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Carencro (/ ˈ k ær ən k r oʊ /; historically French: Saint-Pierre [2]) is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Lafayette . The population was 7,526 at the 2010 census , up from 6,120 in 2000 ; at the 2020 census , its population was 9,272. [ 3 ]
The southern terminus of I-49 is located at a cloverleaf interchange with I-10 and US 167 in the southern Louisiana city of Lafayette.Southbound motorists continue through the interchange onto the Evangeline Thruway, which transitions from a limited-access portion of LA 182 to a major divided thoroughfare that picks up the US 90 corridor heading through the heart of Lafayette.
The Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas combined statistical area is made up of six parishes in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana.The statistical area consists of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) [1] and two micropolitical statistical areas (μSAs) [2] – New Iberia, Louisiana Micropolitan Statistical Area, and Opelousas, Louisiana Micropolitical Statistical Area.
The Lafayette Transit System (formerly City of Lafayette Transit (COLT)) provides bus service. [150] There are certain areas within the city of Lafayette dedicated to growing into a bicycle-friendly community. The Lafayette MPO Bicycle Subcommittee meet once a month and has developed long-term goals for bicycling in the area.
It runs 47.76 miles (76.86 km) in an east–west direction from the junction of LA 97 and LA 1123 west of Iota to the Lafayette–St. Martin parish line east of Carencro. The route traverses the rural area north of and parallel to Interstate 10 (I-10) and U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) between Jennings and Lafayette.
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At Lafayette, motorists continuing southbound see the Interstate Highway change to LA 182 (Evangeline Thruway), a major thoroughfare taking travelers toward the heart of Lafayette. North of Lafayette, motorists on I-49 will parallel the ancient Mississippi river bed north of Carencro and through Grand Coteau, just south of Opelousas. [4]
A Carencro High School student was shot and killed Friday while exiting a school bus, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department confirmed. The victim has been identified as Jaylon Joiner, 18.