ceety in Fairfield Coonty, Connecticut, Unitit States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stamford is a ceety in Fairfield Coonty, Connecticut, Unitit States. Accordin tae the 2010 census, the population o the ceety is 122,643. As o 1 Julie 2014, accordin tae the Census Bureau, the population o Stamford haed risen tae 128,278, makkin it the third lairgest ceety in the state an the seiventh lairgest ceety in New Ingland. Approximately 30 mile frae Manhattan, Stamford is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro aurie which is a pairt o the Greater New York metropolitan aurie.
Stamford, Connecticut | |
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Eik-name(s): The City That Works, Lock City | |
Location in Fairfield Coonty, Connecticut | |
Coordinates: 41°03′10″N 73°32′20″W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | Connecticut |
Coonty | Fairfield |
NECTA | Bridgeport-Stamford |
Region | South Western Region |
Settled (toun) | 1641 |
Incorporatit (ceety) | 1949 |
Consolidatit | 1949 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-Board of representatives |
• Mayor | David Martin (D) |
Area | |
• Ceety | 134.9 km2 (52.1 sq mi) |
• Laund | 97.9 km2 (37.7 sq mi) |
• Water | 37.0 km2 (14.3 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1205 km2 (465 sq mi) |
Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
Population (2013)[1] | |
• Ceety | 126,456 |
• Density | 1226/km2 (3,180/sq mi) |
• Metro | 916,829 |
Demonym(s) | Stamfordian |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastren) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastren) |
ZIP code | 069xx |
Area code | 203/475 |
FIPS code | 09-73000 |
GNIS featur ID | 0211129 |
Website | www.cityofstamford.org |
Stamford is hame tae fower Fortune 500 Companies,[2] nine Fortune 1000 Companies, an 13 Courant 100 Companies, as well as numerous divisions of muckle corporations. This gies Stamford the lairgest financial destrict in New York Metro ootside New York Ceety itsel an ane o the lairgest concentrations o corporations in the naition.
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