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
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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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