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Fairfield
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town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- Fairfield
- Region
- CT Metropolitan
- Founded by
- Roger Ludlow
- Type
- RTM
- First selectwoman
- Christine Vitale ( D )
- Selectwoman
- Brenda Kupchick ( R )
- Total
- 31.38 sq mi (81.3 km )
- Land
- 29.9 sq mi (77 km )
- Water
- 1.48 sq mi (3.8 km )
- Elevation
- 59 ft (18 m)
- Density
- 2,057.3/sq mi (794.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 06824, 06825, 06828
- Area codes
- 203/475
- Fips code
- 09-26620
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- New England town
- Official name
- Fairfield
- Country
- United States
- Contains
- Southport
- Population
- 61512
- Area
- 31.38
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Easton
- Official website
- www.fairfieldct.org
- Image
- Fairfield CT aerial Pine Creek.jpg
- Households
- 21176
- Dialing code
- 203
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- category for people born here
- Q8077404
- twinned administrative body
- Tatabánya
- Commons category
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- topic's main category
- Category:Fairfield, Connecticut
- inception
- 1639-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fairfield, Connecticut
- postal code
- 06828
- different from
- Fairfield
- per capita income
- 68800
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Atanasio Aguirre
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of 2020, the town had a population of 61,512. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region. Fairfield is a hub of higher education, enrolling more than 17,000 students between Sacred Heart University and Fairfield University.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fairfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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