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Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
is a
parish
located in the
U.S. state
of Louisiana. As of the
2010 census
, the population was 221,578. The
parish seat
is
Lafayette
. The parish was founded in 1823. It was named in honor of the
Marquis de Lafayette
, the French general who rendered assistance to the
Continental Army
in the
American Revolutionary War
.
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