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 language, Occitan words ''la faieta'' and that designates a beech forest. Due to the fame of American Revolutionary War commander Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La ...

, 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, freemasonry, freemason and military officer who fought in the Ameri ...

(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 Coun ...

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

LaFayette, Kentucky LaFayette,Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "LaFayette, Kentucky". Accessed 1 August 2013. also informally written as La Fayette and Lafayette, is a home rule-class city in Christian County, Kentucky, in the ...

, 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 reg ...

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 234th- ...

, 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, Wi ...

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 ...

, 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 * Lafay ...

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. EBM ...

, 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 Lafayette Village is a historic district extending along Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It encompasses a linear rural and industrial village, running from the Wickford Junction railroad crossing in the west to Angel Avenue in the ...

, a historic district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island; on the National Register of Historic Places

Other countries

Lafayette (Tunis) Lafayette is the central district of Tunis (Tunisia) which occupies the northern area of the avenue Habib Bourguiba Avenue Habib Bourguiba ( aeb, شارع حبيب بورڨيبة) is the central thoroughfare of Tunis, and the historical politi ...

, 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) "Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)" is a World War I song written and composed by Mary Earl, which was a pseudonym of Robert A. King. It was published in New York, New York by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co. in 1918. The sheet music cover, illustrated by ...

", 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 science fiction novels

Buildings

* Lafayette Building (disambiguation) *

Lafayette Hotel (disambiguation) The former LaFayette Hotel is a historic commercial building at 525 South Louisiana Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a twelve-story concrete structure, faced primarily in brick. It has a rectangular footprint at its base, with an ...

* Lafayette Theatre (disambiguation)

Businesses

* Galeries Lafayette, 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) Lafayette was a French restaurant in New York City located at 202 East 50th Street. It was established in 1965 and closed in the late 1970s. ''W'' magazine referred to it in 1972, as one of "''Les Six'', the last bastions of grand luxe dining i ...

, 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, ''La Fayette''-class frigate, a class of French frigates ** French frigate La Fayette, 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, 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 * Lafayette College, 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), an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Louisiana * Lafayette station (BART) is BART station in Lafayette, California * Lafayette Square station, 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, spanning the Mississippi River in St Paul, Minnesota * Rue La Fayette 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, 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