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Lafayette Parish (French: Paroisse de Lafayette) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, [1] up from 221,578 at the 2010 United States census. [2] The parish seat and largest city is Lafayette. [3] The parish was founded in 1823. [4]
Lafayette has a consolidated city–parish government, known as the Lafayette Consolidated Government; [123] parish voters agreed to consolidation of the city and parish governments in 1996. [ 38 ] [ 42 ] Lafayette's chief executive was initially called the city-parish president, but is now known as the mayor-president for the Lafayette ...
The term consolidated city-county refers to a consolidated jurisdiction in a state that is otherwise divided into counties. In Louisiana, which is divided into parishes, the equivalent jurisdiction is known as either a city-parish or a consolidated government, depending on the locality. [4]
On Tuesday, Sept.10, Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet held a news conference at Lafayette Consolidated Government, updating residents on what to expect in the coming days.
Lafayette Parish has three early voting sites: the registrar of voters office at 1010 Lafayette St. in Lafayette, the Martin Luther King Recreation Center at 309 Cora St. in Lafayette and the East ...
Lafayette’s city and parish councils will have a set of busy meetings Tuesday as they weigh a handful of proposals and embark on redrawing districts. Lafayette councils to look at food truck ...
The remaining 26 have various other forms of government, including: council-president, council-manager, parish commission, and consolidated parish/city. [ 1 ] History
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, 64 cities, 130 towns, and 106 villages. [2] Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population.