Lafayette, California

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is San Jose. It is located about 44 miles [70 km] to the south of Lafayette and has a population of 894,943 people.^<1>

The next largest community is San Francisco. It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the west of Lafayette and has a population of 776,733 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Antioch	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	100,219	10.7% increase
	Berkeley	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	101,371	1.34% decrease
	Concord	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	121,160	0.51% decrease
	Daly City	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	101,514	2.03% decrease
	Fairfield	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	103,683	7.8% increase
	Fremont	S	29 mi [46.67 km]	202,867	0.27% decrease
	Hayward	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	142,061	1.45% increase
	Oakland	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
	Richmond	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	102,285	3.09% increase
	San Mateo	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	92,256	0.24% decrease
	Santa Clara	S	37 mi [59.5 km]	110,200	7.66% increase
	Santa Rosa	NW	49 mi [78.9 km]	155,796	5.56% increase
	Stockton	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	287,037	17.75% increase
	Sunnyvale	S	35 mi [56.3 km]	132,109	0.26% increase
	Vallejo	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	114,729	1.74% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alamo	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Kensington	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Martinez	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	35,145	2.01% decrease
	Moraga	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	17,050	4.67% increase
	Mountain View	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Normandy Village	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Orinda Village	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Orinda	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	18,445	4.81% increase
	Pacheco	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Piedmont	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	10,481	4.3% decrease
	Pleasant Hill	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	32,862	---
	Rochedale Village	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Vine Hill	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Waldon	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Walnut Creek	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	63,486	1.26% decrease

Contra Costa County

Lafayette is located in Contra Costa County.

Below are counties that are near Lafayette (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Lafayette:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Lafayette
	Alameda County	SW	Canyon	5 miles [8 km]
	Humboldt County	NW	Bayview	13 miles [20 km]
	Marin County	W	Fort McDowell	16 miles [25 km]
	Napa County	N	Collins	20 miles [32 km]
	Sacramento County	NE	Emmaton	24 miles [38 km]
	San Diego County	SW	Bayside Village	16 miles [25 km]
	San Francisco County	SW	Chinatown	17 miles [27 km]
	San Joaquin County	E	Mountain House	32 miles [51 km]
	San Luis Obispo County	SW	Baywood Park	27 miles [43 km]
	San Mateo County	SW	Brisbane	18 miles [28 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for California<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lafayette. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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