Montpelier

capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and seat of Washington County
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Summary

Montpelier is a city in the United States[1]. Montpelier ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,362 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Jack McCullough[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6]
  • Named after: Montpellier[7]
  • Postal code: 05601[8], 05602[9], 05603[10], 05604[11], 05609[12], 05620[13], 05633[14]
  • Commons category: Montpelier, Vermont[15]
  • Local dialing code: +1 802[16]
  • Inception: 1787[17]
  • Official website: https://www.montpelier-vt.org[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Montpelier, Vermont[19]
  • Commons gallery: Montpelier, Vermont[20]
  • Population: 7855[21], 8074[22], 8035[23]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont[24]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], The American Cyclopædia[27], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[28], New International Encyclopedia[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30]
  • Capital of: Vermont[31], Washington County[32]
  • Official name: Montpelier[33]
  • Category for people born here: Q8742813[34]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Montpelier, Vermont[35]
  • Number of households: 3889[36]
  • Native label: Montpelier[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Montpelier, Vermont[38]
  • Different from: Montpelier[39]
  • Elevation above sea level: 182 m[40]
  • Area: 26.544865 km²[41], 26.544866 km²[42]

Why It Matters

Montpelier has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Montpelier is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . montpelier-vt.org. Retrieved . montpelier-vt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . United States Board on Geographic Names. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford reference overview id → 20110803100207614
    Sitelink count → 123
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikidata description → capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and seat of Washington County
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  2. 23w ago · J 1982 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → vermont:Montpelier
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