New Canaan

town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Place new_england_town Q754951
New Canaan
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New Canaan

Summary

New Canaan is a New England town[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 instance of is recorded as New England town[6].
  • New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Darien[7].
  • New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Stamford[8].
  • New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Norwalk[9].
  • New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Lewisboro[10].
  • New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Pound Ridge[11].
  • New Canaan's shares border with is recorded as Wilton[12].
  • New Canaan's postal code is recorded as 06840[13].
  • New Canaan's Commons category is recorded as New Canaan, Connecticut[14].
  • New Canaan's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[15].
  • New Canaan's local dialing code is recorded as 203[16].
  • New Canaan's local dialing code is recorded as 475[17].
  • 1731 marks the founding of New Canaan[18].
  • New Canaan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.1468, 'lon': -73.4949}[19].
  • New Canaan's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Connecticut panhandle[20].
  • New Canaan's official website is recorded as http://www.newcanaan.info/[21].
  • New Canaan's official website is recorded as https://www.newcanaan.info/[22].
  • New Canaan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Canaan, Connecticut[23].
  • New Canaan has a population of {'amount': '+19738'}[24].
  • New Canaan has a population of {'amount': '+20622'}[25].
  • New Canaan's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Canaan'}[26].
  • New Canaan's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in New Canaan, Connecticut[27].

Body

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 covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+58.3'}[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+105'}[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+97'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+19738'}[24] and {'amount': '+20622'}[25].

Designation and Status

New Canaan's instance of is recorded as New England town[6].

History and Context

1731 marks the founding of New Canaan[18].

Why It Matters

New Canaan has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . westcog.org. westcog.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Western Connecticut Planning Region, Fairfield County
    Official website http://www.newcanaan.info/, https://www.newcanaan.info/
    Inception
    Coordinate location {'lat': 41.1468, 'lon': -73.4949}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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