Danbury
Also known as Danbury, Connecticut, Danbury, CT
city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
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Danbury is a city located in Fairfield County in Connecticut, in the northeastern United States. It is one of the municipalities in the region and serves as a local population and economic center for the area.
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- www.danbury-ct.gov
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- Danbury Hospital (53563760592).jpg
- Dialing code
- 475
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Danbury (/ˈdænbɛri/ DAN-berr-ee) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest city in Connecticut. Located within the heart of the Housatonic Valley region, the city is a historic commercial hub of western Connecticut, home to many commuters and summer residents from the New York metropolitan area and New England.
Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City", because it was once the center of the American hat industry, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The mineral danburite is named after Danbury, while the city itself is named for Danbury in Essex, England.
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