Area & Location: Situated on the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish, the city is located at 30º12'50? Latitude North and 92º1'46? Longitude West. The city covers a total area of 123.5 sq. km with 123.3 sq. km of land and 0.2 sq. km of water. It has an elevation of 12m. The city has a population of 110,257 with a density of 894.5 per sq. km making it the fourth largest city in the state.
Tourist Attractions: The city of Lafayette is a center of tourist attraction receiving thousands of tourists every year.
Hotels: Homewood Suites by Hilton Lafayette, Best Western Lafayette Executive Plaza & Conference Center, Holiday Inn Select Lafayette-City Center, Lees Inn - Lafayette, TownePlace Suites Lafayette, Hampton Inn Lafayette, Comfort Suites, Signature Inn - Lafayette, Days Inn Lafayette, Fairfield Inn Lafayette, Baymont Inn, Super 8 Motel Lafayette, Red Roof Inn Lafayette, Holiday Inn Express Lafayette, Knights Inn Lafayette, Days Inn Lafayette, Economy Inn, Motel 6 Lafayette and Ramada Inn Lafayette are the famous hotels in the city that offer tailor-made reception to its guests.
Places of Attraction: A visit to Acadian Culture Center helps to know about the history of Cajun way of life. Acadian Village that offers a collection of authentic Acadian houses, cooking and crafts demonstrations at Vermilionville, Cajun heritage and folk life park, Chretien Point Plantation that features French plantation home, Lafeyette National History Museum that exhibits the cultures of Native Americans, Creole and African-American are the highlights of the city. Its tourism industry is boosted by the number of festivals it offer such as the annual Festival de Musique Acadienne, Festivals Acadiens, and the annual Festival International de Louisiane.
