Laporte
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Laporte, LaPorte, or La Porte (lit. 'The Door') may refer to:
Places
Canada
Laporte, Saskatchewan, a hamlet
Laporte (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec
Haiti
La Porte, Les Cayes, Haiti, a village in the Les Cayes commune of Haiti
United States
La Porte, California
Laporte, Colorado, part of the greater Fort Collins area
La Porte, Indiana, in Northwest Indiana
LaPorte County, Indiana
LaPorte High School (Indiana)
LaPorte Community School Corporation
La Porte Civic Auditorium
La Porte Municipal Airport
La Porte City, Iowa
Laporte, Michigan
Laporte, Minnesota
Laporte, Pennsylvania
Laporte Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
La Porte, Texas, part of the greater Houston area
La Porte Municipal Airport (Texas)
La Porte High School (Texas)
La Porte Independent School District
People
André Laporte (born 1931), Belgian composer
Arnaud II de La Porte (1737–1792), French government minister
Aymeric Laporte (born 1994), French-born Spanish footballer
Bernard Laporte (born 1964), French rugby union coach and politician
Christophe Laporte (born 1992), French cyclist
Éric Laporte (born 1976), Canadian politician
Eric Laporte (tenor), Canadian opera singer
François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802–1880), French naturalist
Frank LaPorte (1880–1930), American athlete
Frankie LaPorte (1901–1972), American mobster
Helen Reed de Laporte (1864–1936), American educator and politician
Juan Laporte (born 1959), Puerto Rican boxer
Leo Laporte (born 1956), radio and television host
Leon J. LaPorte (born 1946), United States Army general
Otto Laporte (1902-1971), German-born American physicist
Laporte rule, a selection rule in spectroscopy, named after Otto Laporte
Pierre Laporte (1921–1970), Canadian politician, assassinated in 1970.
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