Greenwich

town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, suburb of NYC
Place new_england_town Q49202
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Greenwich is a place located in the Western Connecticut Planning Region[1] within the United States. It was established in 1640.

According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 64k[2]. The area covers 174.0M and sits at an elevation of 17. Greenwich observes the Eastern Time Zone, which corresponds to UTC−05:00 and UTC−04:00.

Greenwich

Summary

Greenwich is a New England town[1]. Greenwich ranks in the top 0.39% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,131 views/month, #2 of 511).[2]

Key Facts

  • Greenwich is located in Western Connecticut Planning Region[3].
  • Greenwich is located in Fairfield County[4].
  • Greenwich is in the country of United States[5].
  • Greenwich is on the body of water Long Island Sound[6].
  • Greenwich's image is recorded as Greenwich, Connecticut skyline.jpg[7].
  • Greenwich's instance of is recorded as New England town[8].
  • Greenwich's shares border with is recorded as Stamford[9].
  • Greenwich's shares border with is recorded as North Castle[10].
  • Greenwich's shares border with is recorded as Harrison[11].
  • Greenwich's shares border with is recorded as Rye Brook[12].
  • Greenwich's shares border with is recorded as Port Chester[13].
  • Greenwich is named after Greenwich[14].
  • Greenwich's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404068088[15].
  • Greenwich's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126657048[16].
  • Greenwich's GND ID is recorded as 4436856-2[17].
  • Greenwich's locator map image is recorded as Fairfield County Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas Greenwich highlighted.svg[18].
  • Greenwich's locator map image is recorded as Western Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas Greenwich highlighted.svg[19].
  • Greenwich's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79063638[20].
  • Greenwich's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 144633602[21].
  • Greenwich's IdRef ID is recorded as 150420994[22].
  • Greenwich's postal code is recorded as 06830[23].
  • Greenwich's postal code is recorded as 06831[24].
  • Greenwich's postal code is recorded as 06836[25].
  • Greenwich's Commons category is recorded as Greenwich, Connecticut[26].
  • Greenwich's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4119957[27].

Body

Geography

Greenwich is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Western Connecticut Planning Region[3], a planning region of Connecticut[28], in United States[29] and Fairfield County[4], a county of Connecticut[30], in United States[31], founded in 1666[32]. Greenwich is on the body of water Long Island Sound[6].

Physical Characteristics

Greenwich's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+174047201'}[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+17'}[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+62396'}[36], {'amount': '+63518'}[37], and {'amount': '+61171'}[38].

Designation and Status

Greenwich's instance of is recorded as New England town[8].

History and Context

+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Greenwich[39]. Greenwich is named after Greenwich[14].

Why It Matters

Greenwich ranks in the top 0.39% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,131 views/month, #2 of 511).[2] Greenwich has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Greenwich is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [3] . westcog.org. westcog.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [39] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [38] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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