Brillion

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Brillion
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Center of Brillion
Location in Wisconsin
Brillion (Wisconsin)
Brillion
Brillion
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Calumet County
Coordinates : 44 ° 11 ′  N , 88 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 11 ′  N , 88 ° 4 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,148 (as of 2010)
Population density : 469.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.7 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 6.7 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 253 m
Postal code : 54110
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-09725
GNIS ID : 1562211
Website : ci.brillion.wi.us
Mayor : Gary Deiter
Brillion Wisconsin City Hall.jpg
Brillion Town Hall

Brillion is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Calumet County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 Brillion had 3148 inhabitants.

geography

Brillion is located in eastern Wisconsin on Black Creek , which belongs to the catchment area of ​​Lake Michigan over the Manitowoc River . The city is located around 20 km east of Lake Winnebago , 40 km west of Lake Michigan and 50 km south of the mouth of the Fox River in Green Bay, which is also part of Lake Michigan .

The urban area extends over an area of ​​6.7 km² and is almost completely surrounded by the Town of Brillion without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns are Reedsville (10 km east-southeast), Collins (16.5 km southeast), Wells (11 km south), Potter (7.8 km south-southwest), Hilbert (13 km southwest), and Forest Junction (8.2 km northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay (27 miles north), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (143 miles south), Chicago , Illinois (289 miles in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (187 miles southwest), Appleton (22 miles) west-northwest), Eau Claire (325 km in the same direction), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (455 km also northwest), and Wausau (193 km northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 10 runs through the north of the metropolitan area. From this the County Highway PP branches off to the south and runs as the main road through the city center of Brillion. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Outagamie County Regional Airport Appleton is located 46.5 km west-northwest of the nearest airport.

population

According to the 2010 census , Brillion had 3,148 people in 1,298 households. The population density was 469.9 people per square kilometer. In the 1298 households there were statistically 2.42 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population were female.

The annual median legacy incomes of a household was 57,367  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,777. 3.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Brillion - City Council.Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 31, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Brillion, Wisconsin  - collection of images, videos, and audio files