Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to:

People

Lafayette (name) Lafayette or La Fayette, is originally a surname or a toponym coming from the Occitan words ''la faieta'' and that designates a beech forest. Due to the fame of American Revolutionary War commander Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Lafayett ...

, a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette *

House of La Fayette The House of La Fayette was a French family of Nobles of the Sword, from the province of Auvergne, established during the Middle-Age by the lords of the fief of La Fayette held by the senior branch of the Motier family. History and members Its ...

, a French noble family **

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (, ), was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revoluti ...

(1757–1834), French general and American Revolutionary War general also prominent in the French Revolution *

James Lafayette James Lafayette was the pseudonym of James Stack Lauder (1853–1923).Anon. (1990). He was a late Victorian and Edwardian portrait photographer, and managing director from 1898 to 1923 of a company in Dublin specializing in society photographs ...

, pseudonym of James Stack Lauder (1853–1923), Irish portrait photographer

Places

United States

* LaFayette, Alabama, a city * Lafayette, California, a city *

Lafayette, Colorado The City of Lafayette () is a home rule municipality located in southeastern Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 24,453 at the 2010 United States Census. Geography Lafayette is located in southeastern Boulder Cou ...

, a home rule municipality * LaFayette, Georgia, a city * La Fayette, Illinois, a village * Lafayette, Indiana metropolitan area *

Lafayette, Indiana Lafayette ( , ) is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, whi ...

, a city * LaFayette, Kentucky, a town *

Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area Lafayette, Vermilionville, or the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area per the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the third largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in the south central Acadiana re ...

Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette (, ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the most populous city and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth largest incorporated municipality by population and the 234t ...

, a city ** Lafayette Parish, Louisiana * Lafayette, Minnesota, a city * LaFayette, New York, a town *

Lafayette, Ohio Lafayette is a village in Allen County, Ohio, United States. The population was 445 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Lima, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The village was incorporated in 1868. Geography Lafayette is loc ...

, a village *

Lafayette, Madison County, Ohio Lafayette is a census-designated place in the center of Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States. It is located at , along U.S. Route 40, just west of its intersection with U.S. Route 42. History Lawrenceville Lawrenceville ( ...

, a census-designated place * Lafayette, Oregon, a city * Lafayette, Tennessee, a city *

Lafayette, Virginia Lafayette is a census-designated place (CDP) between the cities of Roanoke and Christiansburg in eastern Montgomery County, southwest Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 449. It is located adjacent to Elliston, at ...

, a census-designated place *

Lafayette, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Lafayette is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: * Lafayette County, Wisconsin *Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, a town * Lafayette, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a town * Lafayette, Walworth County, Wisconsin, a town *Fayette, ...

Faubourg Lafayette The neighborhood of Faubourg Lafayette is a division in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is also known as the 10th Ward of New Orleans, and it is one of the city's 17 wards. Faubourg Lafayette was founded with small settlements around steambo ...

, Louisiana, a division in the city of New Orleans *

Mount Lafayette Mount Lafayette is a mountain at the northern end of the Franconia Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It lies in the town of Franconia in Grafton County, and appears on the New England Fifty Finest list of the most t ...

, New Hampshire *

Lafayette County (disambiguation) Lafayette County may refer to several locations in the United States, each named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette: * Lafayette County, Arkansas * Lafayette County, Florida * Lafayette County, Mississippi * Lafayette County, Missouri * ...

Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania Lafayette Hill is an unincorporated community, primarily within Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. A small part of it is in Springfield Township. Lafayette Hill is located just west of ...

Lafayette Park (disambiguation) Lafayette Park may refer to a location in the United States: *Lafayette Park (Los Angeles), California *Lafayette Park (Fall River, Massachusetts) *Lafayette Park (San Francisco), California *Lafayette Park, Detroit, Michigan, a park, development, ...

Lafayette Reservoir The Lafayette Reservoir is an open-cut human-made terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). Completed in 1933, it was intended solely as a standby water supply for EBMUD customers. EB ...

, Contra Costa County, California *

Lafayette River The Lafayette River, earlier known as Tanner's Creek, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tidal estuary which empties into the Elizabeth River just sou ...

, entirely in the city of Norfolk, Virginia *

Lafayette Square (disambiguation) Lafayette Square may refer to several places in the United States: * Lafayette Square, Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California *Lafayette Square (Savannah, Georgia), one of Savannah's 22 city squares *Lafayette Square Mall ...

* Lafayette Township (disambiguation) * Lafayette Village, a historic district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island; on the National Register of Historic Places

Other countries

* Lafayette (Tunis), a district of Tunis, Tunisia

Arts and media

* ''La Fayette'' (film), also known as ''Lafayette'', a 1961 French/Italian co-production starring Orson Welles and Pascale Audret * " Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)", a 1918 World War I song composed by Mary Earl (Robert A. King) * Lafayette, a Basset Hound in the animated films '' Aristocats'' and ''Aristocats 2'' * Lafayette Reynolds, one of the principal characters in ''True Blood'', an American TV series * Lafayette O'Leary, the protagonist in four

Keith Laumer John Keith Laumer ( – ) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer wa ...

science fiction novels

Buildings

* Lafayette Building (disambiguation) * Lafayette Hotel (disambiguation) *

Lafayette Theatre (disambiguation) Lafayette Theatre may refer to: * Lafayette Theatre (Suffern), in Suffern, Rockland County, New York, United States * Lafayette Theatre (Harlem) The Lafayette Theatre (1912–1951), known locally as "the House Beautiful", was one of the most famou ...

Businesses

Galeries Lafayette The Galeries Lafayette () is an upmarket French department store chain, the biggest in Europe. Its flagship store is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris but it now operates in a number of other locations in France and oth ...

, a French department store chain * LaFayette Motors, United States automobile manufacturer from the 1910s to the 1940s * Lafayette Radio Electronics, an electronics retail chain that closed in 1981 * Lafayette (restaurant), a former French restaurant in New York City

Military

* USS ''Lafayette'', three US Navy ships * ''Lafayette''-class submarine, a class of US submarine * French aircraft carrier ''La Fayette'', a French aircraft carrier, formerly USS ''Langley'' (CVL-27) * ''La Fayette''-class frigate, a class of French frigates ** French frigate ''La Fayette'', a French stealth frigate, lead ship of the ''La Fayette'' class * Fort Lafayette, a coastal fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor *

Brigade La Fayette The Brigade La Fayette, also named Task Force La Fayette, was a joint unit of the French forces in Afghanistan. It was officially created on 1 November 2009, along with a complete reorganisation of the French military deployment in Afghanistan. It ...

, also named Task Force La Fayette, a joint unit of the French forces in Afghanistan * Lafayette Escadrille, a World War I squadron of the French Air Service composed largely of American pilots * Lafayette Flying Corps, a name given to American volunteer pilots who flew for the French in World War I

Schools

University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...

, a private coeducational college in Easton, Pennsylvania * Lafayette High School (disambiguation)

Transportation

* Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), Brooklyn, a New York City Subway station * Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street (New York City Subway) Manhattan * Lafayette station (Indiana), an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Indiana *

Lafayette station (Louisiana) Lafayette station is a train station in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. It is served by the ''Sunset Limited,'' operated by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The Lafayette station was originally built by the Texas and New Orlea ...

, an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Louisiana * Lafayette station (BART) is BART station in Lafayette, California *

Lafayette Square station Lafayette Square (officially Evans Bank @ Lafayette Square since November 8, 2019 for sponsorship purposes) is a Buffalo Metro Rail station near City Hall and is near the center of the Buffalo Central Business District at Lafayette Square locate ...

, Buffalo, New York, Metro Rail station * Lafayette Regional Airport Lafayette, Louisiana * Lafayette Airstrip a private airport in Yamhill County, Oregon * Lafayette Street a street in lower Manhattan, New York City * Lafayette Boulevard a street in Detroit, Michigan *

Lafayette Bridge The Lafayette Bridge is a bridge carrying U.S. Route 52 across the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. At this point, US 52 is on the Lafayette Freeway. The bridge spans across railroad yards north of the Mississippi, the river i ...

, spanning the Mississippi River in St Paul, Minnesota *

Rue La Fayette The rue La Fayette is a street in the 9th district and 10th arrondissement of Paris between the rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the rue du Faubourg Poissonnière. History The street was opened in 1823. It was created by Claude Rambuteau and Geor ...

a street in Paris, France * , a shipwreck in Lake Superior, United States * , a French ocean liner that was called ''Lafayette'' from 1915 until 1928

Other uses

Lafayette Cemetery Lafayette Cemetery was a cemetery in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1828 and originally intended for 14,000 burials but over time fell into disrepair and became overcrowded with 47,000 buri ...

, a defunct cemetery in Philadelphia * Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, a cemetery in New Orleans * Lafayette Stakes, an annual American Thoroughbred horse race in Lexington, Kentucky * 23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet * Lafayette meteorite, a nakhlite Martian meteorite