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Greenwich
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town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, suburb of NYC
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- Fairfield
- Region
- Western CT
- Named after
- Greenwich , London
- Type
- Representative town meeting
- First selectman
- Fred Camillo ( R )
- Selectwoman
- Lauren Rabin (R), Rachel Khanna (D)
- Town administrator
- Kathleen Clarke Buch
- Town meeting moderator
- Alexis Voulgaris
- Total
- 67.2 sq mi (174.0 km )
- Land
- 47.8 sq mi (123.8 km )
- Water
- 19.4 sq mi (50.3 km ) 28.88%
- Elevation
- 135 ft (41 m)
- Density
- 1,328.8/sq mi (513.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 06830, 06831, 06870, 06878
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Greenwich
- Population
- 61171
- Area
- 174047201
- Elevation
- 28
- Official website
- www.greenwichct.org
- Image
- Greenwich, Connecticut skyline.jpg
- Households
- 22383
- Dialing code
- 475
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- Commons category
- Greenwich, Connecticut
- inception
- 1640-00-00
- native label
- Greenwich
- postal code
- 06836
- per capita income
- 108412
- P8168
- Klas Östergren
- P12749
- Skimmia japonica
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Greenwich (/ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ GREN-itch) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. It is the largest town on Connecticut's affluent Gold Coast. Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and financial services firms due to its residential setting and proximity to Manhattan.
Greenwich is a principal community of the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which comprises all of Fairfield County, and is part of both the greater New York metropolitan area and the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town is the southwesternmost municipality in both the State of Connecticut and the six-state region of New England. The town is named after Greenwich, a royal borough of London in the United Kingdom.
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