Meriden

city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Organization city_in_the_united_states Q54220
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Meriden

Summary

Meriden is a city in the United States[1]. Meriden ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (572 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meriden is located in South Central Connecticut Planning Region[3].
  • Meriden is located in New Haven County[4].
  • Meriden is in the country of United States[5].
  • Meriden's head of government is recorded as Kevin Scarpati[6].
  • Meriden's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[7].
  • Meriden's postal code is recorded as 06450[8].
  • Meriden's postal code is recorded as 06451[9].
  • Meriden's Commons category is recorded as Meriden, Connecticut[10].
  • Meriden's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[11].
  • Meriden's local dialing code is recorded as 203[12].
  • 1867 marks the founding of Meriden[13].
  • Meriden's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.536666666667, 'lon': -72.794722222222}[14].
  • Meriden's official website is recorded as http://www.cityofmeriden.org/[15].
  • Meriden's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meriden, Connecticut[16].
  • Meriden has a population of {'amount': '+60868'}[17].
  • Meriden has a population of {'amount': '+60850'}[18].
  • Meriden's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Meriden, Connecticut[19].
  • Meriden's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • Meriden's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Meriden's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Meriden's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[23].
  • Meriden's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[24].
  • Meriden's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[25].
  • Meriden's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Meriden'}[26].
  • Meriden's category for people born here is recorded as Q94481526[27].

Body

Founding

1867 marks the founding of Meriden[13].

Identity

Meriden's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Meriden'}[26].

Why It Matters

Meriden ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (572 views/month).[2] Meriden has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Meriden is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . meridenct.gov. Retrieved . meridenct.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . scrcog.org. scrcog.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . meridenct.gov. meridenct.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · ~2026-30679-32 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Water as percent of area {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+1.5033'}
    Category of associated people Category:People from Meriden, Connecticut
    Head of government Kevin Scarpati
    Country
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1667]]: 2017083"
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