Lafayette
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Lafayette is a city located in Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is a residential community in the East Bay region of the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Contra Costa
- Incorporated
- July 29, 1968
- Mayor
- Susan Candell
- State senator
- Tim Grayson ( D )
- State assembly
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan ( D )
- U s congress
- Mark DeSaulnier ( D )
- Total
- 15.21 sq mi (39.39 km )
- Land
- 15.04 sq mi (38.95 km )
- Water
- 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km ) 1.08%
- Elevation
- 320 ft (97.5 m)
- Density
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Lafayette (formerly La Fayette) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of 2020, the city's population was 25,391. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military officer of the American Revolutionary War.
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