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Stamford, Connecticut
Official seal of Stamford, Connecticut
Seal
Eik-name(s): 
The City That Works, Lock City
Location in Fairfield Coonty, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut is located in the Unitit States
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut
Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 41°03′10″N 73°32′20″W / 41.05278°N 73.53889°W / 41.05278; -73.53889Coordinates: 41°03′10″N 73°32′20″W / 41.05278°N 73.53889°W / 41.05278; -73.53889
KintraUnitit States
StateConnecticut
CoontyFairfield
NECTABridgeport-Stamford
RegionSouth Western Region
Settled (toun)1641
Incorporatit (ceety)1949
Consolidatit1949
Govrenment
 • TeepMayor-Board of representatives
 • MayorDavid Martin (D)
Area
 • Ceety134.9 km2 (52.1 sq mi)
 • Laund97.9 km2 (37.7 sq mi)
 • Water37.0 km2 (14.3 sq mi)
 • Urban
1205 km2 (465 sq mi)
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Ceety126,456
 • Density1226/km2 (3,180/sq mi)
 • Metro
916,829
Demonym(s)Stamfordian
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastren)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastren)
ZIP code
069xx
Area code203/475
FIPS code09-73000
GNIS featur ID0211129
Websitewww.cityofstamford.org

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 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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Notes

  1. "Connecticut population in 2010". 2011 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Mairch 2011. Archived frae the original (CSV) on 2 Julie 2017. Retrieved 9 Julie 2007.
  2. "Four Stamford Companies Make The Fortune 500 List". The Stamford Daily Voice. 6 Mey 2013.
  3. "Jewish congregation working with sister city in Israel" (PDF). congregationagudathsholom.org. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/USA/CT Archived 2006-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/usa/CT Archived 2006-10-02 at the Wayback Machine

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