Eugene

Also known as Eugene, Oregon, Eugene, OR

city in Oregon, United States

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Eugene is a city in Oregon located in the Willamette Valley, known as the home of the University of Oregon and a hub for arts, culture, and outdoor recreation in the Pacific Northwest. It matters as a significant regional center for education, research, and environmental activism, with a population of around 175,000 people in the metropolitan area.

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Official name: Eugene
Population: 176654
Area: 113.300207
Elevation: 430
Official website: www.eugene-or.gov
Image: Eugene panorama.jpg
Households: 71738
Dialing code: 458

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postal code: 97405
Commons category: Eugene, Oregon
inception: 1846-00-00
P12749: Kirill Moskalenko
native label: Eugene
water as percent of area: 0.0521
social media followers: 12803
per capita income: 32576

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Eugene (/juːˈdʒiːn/ yoo-JEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast and approximately 110 miles south of Portland.

The second-most populous city in Oregon, Eugene had a population of 176,654 as of the 2020 United States census and it covers a city area of 44.21 sq mi (114.5 km). The Eugene-Springfield metropolitan statistical area is the second-largest in Oregon after Portland. In 2022, Eugene's population was estimated to have reached 179,887.