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{{Infobox settlement
| name=Louisville
| official_name            = Louisville-Jefferson Coonty<br />Metro Govrenment
| settlement_type          = [[Consolidatit ceety-coonty]]
| nickname                 = Derby Ceety, River Ceety, Gateway tae the Sooth, Falls Ceety, The 'Ville<ref>The term "The 'Ville" has been used in print in The Courier-Journal 60+ times since 1999 and appears to have been popularized by a 2003 billboard campaign promoting Louisville as "The best college sports town in America." See {{cite news |title=UofL's bogus billboards don't impress experts |date=September 10, 2003 |last=Forde |first=Pat |newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]]}}</ref>
| website                  = [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/ louisvilleky.gov]
| image_skyline            = Louisville montage.jpg
| imagesize                =
| image_caption            = From top: The Louisville [[Downtown Louisville|downtown]] skyline at night, The [[Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville|Cathedral of the Assumption]], Louisville fireworks at [[Kentucky Derby Festival]], [[Kentucky Derby]], [[Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory]], [[Fourth Street Live!]] in Downtown, [[The Kentucky Center]] for the Performing Arts.
| image_flag               = Louisville Metro Flag.png
| image_seal               = 200px-Louisville Kentucky seal.png
| image_map                = Map of Kentucky highlighting Jefferson County.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location in the Commonweel o [[Kentucky]]
| image_map1               =
| mapsize1                 =
| map_caption1             =
| pushpin_map              =USA
| pushpin_label            = Louisville, Kentucky
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in the Unitit States
| subdivision_type         = [[Leet o kintras|Kintra]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[US state|State]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Leet o coonties in Kentucky|Coonty]]
| subdivision_name         = [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|23px]] United States
| subdivision_name1        = [[File:Flag of Kentucky.svg|23px]] [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Jefferson Coonty, Kentucky|Jefferson]]
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Founded]]
| established_date         = 1778
| established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporation]]
| established_date2        = 1780
| named_for                = [[Louis XVI o Fraunce|Keeng Louis XVI o Fraunce]]
| government_type          =
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = [[Craig Greenberg]] ([[Democratic Pairty (Unitit States)|D]])
| established_date         =
| area_footnotes           =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/21111.html |title=Jefferson County, Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer |publisher=Uky.edu |date= |accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 1 E9
| area_total_sq_mi         = 399
| area_land_sq_mi          = 385.09
| area_water_sq_mi         = 13
| area_total_km2           = 1032
| area_land_km2            = 997.38
| area_water_km2           = 35
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_total         =  746,906 <small>(consolidatit)</small><br />602,011 <small>([[Louisville-Jefferson Coonty (balance), Kentucky|balance]])</small>
| population_metro         = 1,440,607
| population_density_km2   = 743.0
| population_footnotes     =<ref>See [[#Location, nomenclature, population and ranking|Location, nomenclature, population and ranking]] for explanation of consolidated vs. balance figures</ref>
| timezone                 = [[Eastren Time Zone (North Americae)|EST]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastren Time Zone (North Americae)|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| postal_code_type         =
| postal_code              = 402XX
| area_code                = [[Aurie code 502|502]]
| elevation_m              = 142
| elevation_ft             = 466
| coordinates              = {{coord|38|15|N|85|46|W|region:US-KY|display=inline}}
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processin Staundart|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 21-48000
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information Seestem|GNIS]] featur ID
| blank1_info              = 0509453
| blank2_name              = [[Demonym]]
| blank2_info              = Louisvillian
| footnotes                =
}}
'''Louisville''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Looeevil.ogg|ˈ|l|uː|iː|v|ɪ|l}}, {{IPAc-en|local|audio=Loouhvull.ogg|ˈ|l|uː|ə|v|əl}} or {{IPAc-en|audio=Luhvull.ogg|ˈ|l|ʌ|v|əl}}) is a major ceety an the lairgest [[ceety]] in the [[U.S. state]] o [[Kentucky]] an the coonty seat o [[Jefferson Coonty, Kentucky|Jefferson Coonty]].

Syne 2003, the ceety's borders hae been [[wikt:coterminous|coterminous]] wi those o the coonty acause o a [[consolidated ceety-coonty|ceety-coonty merger]]. The ceety's tot consolidatit population at the 2010 census wis 741,096 ([[Louisville/Jefferson Coonty metro govrenment (balance), Kentucky|Louisville's balance tot]], 602,011, excludes semi-autonomous touns an is the population leetit in maist soorces an naitional rankins). As o 2010, the [[Louisville-Jefferson Coonty, KY-IN Metropolitan Stateestical Aurie|Louisville metropolitan aurie]] (MSA) haed a population o 1,307,647 [[Table o Unitit States Metropolitan Stateestical Auries|rankin 42nt naitionally]].<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2008/CBSA-EST2008-01.csv |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511101607/http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2008/CBSA-EST2008-01.csv |archivedate=2011-05-11 |title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]] |work=2008 Population Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 19, 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-29 |url-status=live }}</ref> The metro aurie includes Louisville-Jefferson Coonty an 12 surroondin [[Coonty (Unitit States)|coonties]], aicht in Kentucky an fower in [[Soothren Indiana]]  . The [[Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN Combined Statistical Aurie|Louisville Combined Stateestical Aurie]], havin a population o 1,451,564, includes the MSA, [[Hardin Coonty, Kentucky|Hardin Coonty]] an [[LaRue Coonty, Kentucky|Larue Coonty]] in Kentucky, an [[Scott Coonty, Indiana]].

An important internal shippin port in the 19t century, Louisville the day is baist kent as the location o the [[Kentucky Derby]], the first o three annual [[thoroughbred horse racin|thoroughbred horse races]] makin up the [[Triple Croun o Thoroughbred Racin|Triple Croun]].

==Sister ceeties==
Louisville haes nine [[sister ceeties]] as of 2012:<ref>Sister cities designated by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926081012/http://www.sister-cities.org/directory/USlistingsResults.cfm Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI)]<!-- website says Directory is coming soon -->. Retrieved 2006-06-01.</ref><ref name="sclou">{{cite web|url=http://sclou.org/|title=Sister Cities of Louisville, Inc.|accessdate=2009-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20121121/NEWS01/311210079/Adapazari-Turkey-Louisville-s-ninth-Sister-City |title=Adapazari, Turkey, to be Louisville's ninth Sister City |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-11-05}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Jiujiang]], Cheenae
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[La Plata]], [[Argentinae]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mainz]], Germany
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Montpellier]], Fraunce
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Perm]], Roushie
*{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Tamale, Ghana|Tamale]], [[Ghana]]
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Leeds, Wast Yorkshire|Leeds]], Unitit Kinrick
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Adapazari]], [[Turkey]]

In addeetion, Leeds is considered a "friendship ceety". The twa ceeties hae engaged in mony cultural exchynge programs, parteecularly in the fields o [[nursin]] an [[law]], an cooperatit in several private business developments, includin the [[Frazier Internaitional History Museum]].<ref>"[http://www.sclou.org/index.php?id=114 Friendship City Status] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204220558/http://www.sclou.org/index.php?id=114 |date=2012-02-04 }}." ''[http://www.sclou.org/ Sister Cities of Louisville] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128235415/https://www.sclou.org/ |date=2019-01-28 }}.'' 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-01.</ref>

On Aprile 15, 2008, it wis annoonced that Louisville wad be twinned wi the toun o [[Bushmills]] in [[Northren Ireland]]. The twa places share a tradeetion for the distillin o [[whiskey]]. The choice o Louisville came efter a sairch o U.S. ceeties, follaeed bi an [[online poll]] conductit for the public tae decide atween three finalists, which an aa includit [[Boston]] an [[Portland, Maine]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Louisville tastes victory in twin search |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7347994.stm |publisher=BBC |date=April 15, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-15}}</ref>

==References==
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==Freemit airtins==
{{Sister project links|Louisville, Kentucky|voy=Louisville}}
* [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/ Offeecial Wabsteid o Louisville, Kentucky] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225071018/http://louisvilleky.gov/ |date=2011-02-25 }}
* [http://www.gotolouisville.com/ Louisville Convention an Veesitors Bureau]
* [http://www.possibilitycity.com/ Possibility Ceety]&nbsp;— Louisville's brandin campaign
* [http://www.lojic.org/ Louisville/Jefferson Coonty Information Consortium]
** [http://www.lojic.org/apps/ LOJIC interactive cairts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204225522/http://www.lojic.org/apps/ |date=2008-12-04 }}
* [http://www.metromapper.org/ Metro Mapper – Interactive Cairts for the Louisville Metro Aurie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908092847/http://metromapper.org/ |date=2008-09-08 }}
* [http://www.citymayors.com/government/louisville.html Ceety Mayors featur: "Louisville Metro has shown other regions how mergers can change balance of power"]
* ''[http://www.ket.org/cgi-local/fw_louisvillelife.exe/db/ket/dmps/programs?id=LOUL Louisville Life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230144025/http://www.ket.org/cgi-local/fw_louisvillelife.exe/db/ket/dmps/programs?id=LOUL |date=2011-12-30 }}''&nbsp;— weekly broadcast on [[Kentucky Eddicational Televeesion]]
* [http://www.louisvilleculturevulture.com/ Louisville Cultur Vultur: Current Calendar o Fine Cultural Performances o Classical Muisic, Opera, Ballet, Theater, an Visual Airt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828071001/http://www.louisvilleculturevulture.com/ |date=2013-08-28 }}
* [http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/browseneighborhood Images o Louisville frae the Varsity o Louisville Deegital Collections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727134104/http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/browseneighborhood |date=2013-07-27 }}

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[[Category:Ceeties in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Coonty seats in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Ceeties in Jefferson Coonty, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Louisville metropolitan aurie]]
[[Category:Populatit places established in 1778]]
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[[Category:Kentucky populatit places on the Ohio River]]
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