Louisville, Kentucky

state">U.S. state o Kentucky an the coonty seat o Jefferson Coonty.

Louisville
Consolidatit ceety-coonty
Louisville-Jefferson Coonty Metro Govrenment
From top: The Louisville downtown skyline at night, The 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.
Banner Official seal of Louisville Seal
Eik-name(s):  Derby Ceety, River Ceety, Gateway tae the Sooth, Falls Ceety, The 'Ville
Location in the Commonweel o Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 38°15′N 85°46′W / 38.250°N 85.767°W / 38.250; -85.767
Kintra	United States
State	Kentucky
Coonty	Jefferson
Incorporation	1780
Named for	Keeng Louis XVI o Fraunce
Govrenment
• Mayor	Craig Greenberg (D)
Area
• Consolidatit ceety-coonty	1032 km2 (399 sq mi)
• Laund	997.38 km2 (385.09 sq mi)
• Water	35 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Consolidatit ceety-coonty	746,906 (consolidatit) 602,011 (balance)
• Density	743.0/km2 (1,924/sq mi)
• Metro	1,440,607
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	502
FIPS code	21-48000
GNIS featur ID	0509453
Demonym	Louisvillian
Website	louisvilleky.gov

Syne 2003, the ceety's borders hae been coterminous wi those o the coonty acause o a ceety-coonty merger. The ceety's tot consolidatit population at the 2010 census wis 741,096 (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 metropolitan aurie (MSA) haed a population o 1,307,647 rankin 42nt naitionally. The metro aurie includes Louisville-Jefferson Coonty an 12 surroondin coonties, aicht in Kentucky an fower in Soothren Indiana . The Louisville Combined Stateestical Aurie, havin a population o 1,451,564, includes the MSA, Hardin Coonty an 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 races makin up the Triple Croun.

Louisville haes nine sister ceeties as of 2012:

•   Jiujiang, Cheenae
•   La Plata, Argentinae
•   Mainz, Germany
•   Montpellier, Fraunce
•   Perm, Roushie
•   Quito, Ecuador
•   Tamale, Ghana
•   Leeds, Unitit Kinrick
•   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.

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.