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Biddeford
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city in York County, Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- County
- York
- Incorporated town
- July 5, 1653
- Incorporated city
- February 10, 1855
- Total
- 59.08 sq mi (153.02 km )
- Land
- 30.09 sq mi (77.92 km )
- Water
- 29.00 sq mi (75.10 km )
- Elevation
- 56 ft (17 m)
- Density
- 749.6/sq mi (289.42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 04005, 04007 (Biddeford), 04006 ( Biddeford Pool )
- Fips code
- 23-04860
- Website
- www .biddefordmaine .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Biddeford
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- York County
- Population
- 22552
- Area
- 153.019206
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Saco River
- Official website
- www.biddefordmaine.org
- Image
- City Hall Biddeford, ME 2005.jpg
- Households
- 9431
- Dialing code
- 207
Show 10 more facts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Biddeford, Maine
- topic's main category
- Category:Biddeford, Maine
- Commons category
- Biddeford, Maine
- postal code
- 04007
- inception
- 1616-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Bideford
- P8168
- mitoxantrone
- water as percent of area
- 49.0744
- per capita income
- 31938
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Biddeford (/ˈbɪdɪfərd/ BID-if-ərd) is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the principal commercial center of York County. Its population was 22,552 at the 2020 census. The twin cities of Saco and Biddeford include the resort communities of Biddeford Pool and Fortunes Rocks. The town is the site of the University of New England and the annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival. First visited by Europeans in 1616, it is the site of one of the earliest European settlements in the United States. It is home to Saint Joseph's Church, the tallest building in Maine.
Biddeford is a principal population center of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biddeford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.