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Pittsfield
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city and county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Pittsfield is a city in Massachusetts that serves as the county seat of Berkshire County, meaning it is the principal city where the county government operates. It is located in western Massachusetts and functions as an important administrative and cultural hub for the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Pittsfield
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Berkshire County
- Population
- 43927
- Area
- 109.984277
- Elevation
- 317
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Berkshire County
- Shares border with
- Lenox
- Official website
- www.pittsfield-ma.org
- Image
- Downtown and Park Square, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.jpg
- Households
- 19072
- Dialing code
- 413
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- Commons category
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- twinned administrative body
- Ballina
- postal code
- 01203
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1752-00-00
- P8168
- Hasel
- water as percent of area
- 4.7006
- per capita income
- 33957
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Encyclopedic overview
Pittsfield is the most populous city in and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Berkshire County. Pittsfield’s population was 43,927 at the 2020 census. Although its population has declined in recent decades, Pittsfield remains the third-largest municipality in Western Massachusetts, behind only Springfield and Chicopee.
In 2017, the Arts Vibrancy Index compiled by the National Center for Arts Research ranked Pittsfield and Berkshire County as the number-one medium-sized community in the nation for the arts.
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