Darien
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town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- Fairfield
- Region
- Western CT
- Type
- Representative town meeting
- First selectman
- Jon Zagrodzky (R)
- Selectmen
- Michael Burke (D), Marcy Minnick (R), Monica McNally (R), Sarah Neumann (D)
- Total
- 23.4 sq mi (60.6 km )
- Land
- 12.9 sq mi (33.4 km )
- Water
- 10.6 sq mi (27.4 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Density
- 1,666.6/sq mi (643.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 06820
- Area codes
- 203/475
- Fips code
- 09-18850
- Gnis feature id
- 0213416
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- New England town
- Official name
- Darien
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fairfield County
- Population
- 21499
- Area
- 23.4
- Elevation
- 14
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Body of water
- Long Island Sound
- Shares border with
- Stamford
- Official website
- www.darienct.gov
- Image
- BostonPostRoadDarienCT.jpg
- Households
- 6945
- Dialing code
- 475
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- IPA transcription
- dɛəɹiˈæn
- Commons category
- Darien, Connecticut
- topic's main category
- Category:Darien, Connecticut
- postal code
- 06820
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Darien, Connecticut
- inception
- 1820-00-00
- per capita income
- 129829
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- New York metropolitan area
- located in/on physical feature
- Connecticut panhandle
- P12749
- Umar Wirahadikusumah
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Encyclopedic overview
Darien (/ˌdɛəriˈæn/ DAIR-ee-AN) is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast.
Situated on the Long Island Sound between the cities of Stamford and Norwalk, Darien is a commuter town for New York City. There are two railroad stations in Darien, Noroton Heights and Darien, linking the town to Grand Central Terminal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Darien” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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