Lafayette

city in Contra Costa County, California, United States
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Lafayette

Summary

Lafayette is a city of California[1]. Lafayette draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_california category, ranking #60 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lafayette was a member of Association of Bay Area Governments[3].
  • Lafayette is located in Contra Costa County[4].
  • Lafayette is in the country of United States[5].
  • Lafayette's image is recorded as Lafayette, CA.jpg[6].
  • Lafayette's instance of is recorded as city of California[7].
  • Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is named after Lafayette[8].
  • Lafayette's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154775429[9].
  • Lafayette's locator map image is recorded as Contra Costa County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lafayette Highlighted 0639122.svg[10].
  • Lafayette's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81011870[11].
  • Lafayette's IdRef ID is recorded as 204470455[12].
  • Lafayette's postal code is recorded as 94549[13].
  • Lafayette's Commons category is recorded as Lafayette, California[14].
  • Lafayette's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3705570[15].
  • Lafayette's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific Time Zone[16].
  • Lafayette's local dialing code is recorded as 925[17].
  • +1848-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lafayette[18].
  • Lafayette's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 277535[19].
  • Lafayette's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2411591[20].
  • Lafayette's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.885833333333, 'lon': -122.11805555556}[21].
  • Lafayette's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0qyrs[22].
  • Lafayette's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 06-39122[23].
  • Lafayette's official website is recorded as http://www.ci.lafayette.ca.us[24].
  • Lafayette's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lafayette, California[25].
  • Lafayette's page banner is recorded as Lafayette Banner.jpg[26].
  • Lafayette's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 354c003c-8cef-4031-8031-3a96ed0d4761[27].

Body

Geography

Lafayette is in the country of United States[5]. Lafayette is located in Contra Costa County[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+39.40257'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+39.852897'}[29]. Lafayette's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+320'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7114'}[31], {'amount': '+23893'}[32], and {'amount': '+25391'}[33].

Designation and Status

Lafayette's instance of is recorded as city of California[7].

History and Context

+1848-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lafayette[18]. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is named after Lafayette[8].

Why It Matters

Lafayette draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_california category, ranking #60 of 87).[2] Lafayette has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Lafayette is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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