Greenwich (Connecticut)
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_Town_Hall.jpg) Greenwich Town Hall |
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| Location of the county in Connecticut and the town (red) in the county | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1640 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Connecticut |
| County : | Fairfield County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 2 ′ N , 73 ° 37 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 62,610 (as of 2014) |
| Population density : | 505.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 174.0 km 2 (approx. 67 mi 2 ) of which 123.8 km 2 (approx. 48 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 17 m |
| Postcodes : | 06807, 06830-06839, 06870, 06878 |
| Area code : | +1 203 |
| FIPS : | 09-33620 |
| GNIS ID : | 0213435 |
| Website : | www.greenwichct.org |
Greenwich is a city in Fairfield County in the US state Connecticut , United States , with 62,610 inhabitants (as of 2014). Greenwich has a reputation for being the suburb of New York City's wealthy .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the urban area has a size of 174.0 km², of which 123.8 km² are land and 50.2 km² (= 28.88%) are water. The area of Greenwich is about twice the size of Manhattan . Neighboring west and north is Westchester County of the state of New York , east is the City of Stamford , and across from Long Island Sound on Long Island is Bayville .
Population development
economy
Greenwich is traditionally the home of bankers and other New York business people. 2010 Greenwich was the seat of several major hedge funds , which the city in neighboring New York nicknamed "upper Hedgistan" (English. Upper Hedgistan ) has earned.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- David K. Barton (born 1927), radar engineer
- Glenn Close (born 1947), actress
- Shelley Hack (born 1947), actress
- Hope Hicks (* 1988), White House communications director under US President Donald Trump
- Kara Spears Hultgreen (1965–1994), the first female fighter pilot in the United States Navy in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat
- Keegan Lowe (born 1993), ice hockey player
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Vince McMahon (* 1945), Chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment , and his adult children
- Stephanie McMahon and
- Shane McMahon, both also active in the WWE
- Claire Messud (* 1966), writer
- Donovan Mitchell (born 1996), basketball player
- Alexia Paganini (* 2001), Swiss-American figure skater
- Andy Petery * (1939), racing car driver
- Kelly Rohrbach (* 1990), actress
- Mark Salzman (* 1959), writer
- James Sutherland (born 1948), science fiction author
- Mark Teixeira (* 1980), professional baseball
- Heather Thomas (born 1957), actress
- Dyanne Thorne (1936-2020), actress
- Francis Joseph Tief (1881–1965), Catholic bishop
- Triple H (born 1969), wrestling star (husband of Stephanie McMahon)
- Colin Wilson (born 1989), ice hockey player
Other personalities associated with the city
- The German-Austrian pop composer Fred Jay is buried in Greenwich.
- The German conductor Kurt Masur died on December 19, 2015 in Greenwich.
- Former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and his wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg have been living in Greenwich with their two daughters since September 2011.
- The murder of Martha Moxley , who was murdered in Greenwich, received a lot of media attention because of his "Kennedy connection".
- The American bank manager and former CEO of the major Swiss bank Credit Suisse (2007-2015) Brady W. Dougan lives in Greenwich. Likewise, Richard S. Fuld, Jr .
- American hedge fund manager Ray Dalio lives with his family in Greenwich. He is one of the richest Americans and manages the largest hedge fund in the world.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ FAZ from October 29, 2010, page 25: The suburb of billionaires
- ↑ "Upper Hedgistan is Greenwich, Connecticut." The Kingdom of Hedgistan New York Magazine 24-10-2007.
- ↑ Georg-Friedrich Kühn: The conductor of the turn. In: nzz.ch. December 19, 2015, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ^ Farewell to Germany. Guttenberg buys million dollar property near New York In: Spiegel Online from September 10, 2011