New Canaan

Summary

New Canaan is a New England town^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• New Canaan is located in Western Connecticut Planning Region^[3].
• New Canaan is located in Fairfield County^[4].
• New Canaan is in the country of United States^[5].
• New Canaan's image is recorded as WavenyParkNewCanaanCt07252007.JPG^[6].
• New Canaan's instance of is recorded as New England town^[7].
• New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Darien^[8].
• New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Stamford^[9].
• New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Norwalk^[10].
• New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Lewisboro^[11].
• New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Pound Ridge^[12].
• New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Wilton^[13].
• New Canaan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128756471^[14].
• New Canaan's GND ID is recorded as 4433161-7^[15].
• New Canaan's locator map image is recorded as Fairfield County Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas New Canaan highlighted.svg^[16].
• New Canaan's locator map image is recorded as Western Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas New Canaan highlighted.svg^[17].
• New Canaan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80017630^[18].
• New Canaan's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 155309166^[19].
• New Canaan's IdRef ID is recorded as 117774405^[20].
• New Canaan's postal code is recorded as 06840^[21].
• New Canaan's Commons category is recorded as New Canaan, Connecticut^[22].
• New Canaan's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11052088^[23].
• New Canaan's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[24].
• New Canaan's local dialing code is recorded as 203^[25].
• New Canaan's local dialing code is recorded as 475^[26].
• +1731-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of New Canaan^[27].

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Geography

New Canaan is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Western Connecticut Planning Region^[3], a planning region of Connecticut^[28], in United States^[29] and Fairfield County^[4], a county of Connecticut^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1666^[32].

Physical Characteristics

New Canaan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+58.3'}^[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+105'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+97'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+19738'}^[36] and {'amount': '+20622'}^[37].

Designation and Status

New Canaan's instance of is recorded as New England town^[7].

History and Context

+1731-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of New Canaan^[27].

Why It Matters

New Canaan ranks in the top 3% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]