What is Lafayette, Louisiana?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Lafayette, Louisiana | official_name = City of Lafayette | native_name = Ville de Lafayette, Louisiane | native_name_lang = fr | settlement_type = [[City]] | image_skyline = Downtown Lafayette LA 2021.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_alt = Hub City | image_caption = Downtown | nickname = The Hub City, Laffy | motto = The Heart of [[Cajun]] Country | image_flag = Flag of Lafayette, Louisiana.svg | image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|frame-coordinates={{Coord|30.243062|-92.012649}}|stroke-width=2|zoom=10|type=shape-inverse|stroke-color=#808080|id=Q128891|title=Lafayette, Louisiana}} | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Interactive map of Lafayette | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|30|13|N|92|2|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of parishes in Louisiana|Parish]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Louisiana}} | subdivision_name2 = [[Lafayette Parish, Louisiana|Lafayette]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = {{Start date and age|1821}} as Vermilionville | established_title1 = Renamed | established_date1 = {{Start date and age|1884}} as Lafayette | founder = Jean Mouton | named_for = [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette|General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis De Lafayette]] | seat_type = | seat