Normal (Illinois)
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North Street with the historic theater |
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Location in McLean Cunty and Illinois | |
Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1865 |
State : | United States |
State : | Illinois |
County : | McLean County |
Coordinates : | 40 ° 31 ′ N , 88 ° 59 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Residents : | 50,519 (as of: 2005) |
Population density : | 1,431.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 35.4 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 35.3 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 244 m |
Postal code : | 61761 |
Area code : | +1 309 |
FIPS : | 17-53234 |
GNIS ID : | 414548 |
Website : | www.normal.org |
Mayor : | Chris Koos (until 2021) |
Normal is a city in McLean County in the center of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2000 Normal had 45,386 inhabitants; in the 2010 census there were 52,497 inhabitants and for 2016 the population was estimated at 54,534. Normal forms a joint metropolitan area with the immediately adjacent Bloomington .
geography
The city of Normal is located 54 km southeast of Peoria , 186 km southwest of the city of Chicago , 234 km northeast of the city of St. Louis , 96 km northeast of the city of Springfield and 78 km northeast of the city of Champaign . The city is on Interstate Highways 39 , 55 and 74 .
additional
The Illinois State University is a state university in the city.
Normal plays a pioneering role in relation to electromobility .
Town twinning
Together with neighboring Bloomington, Normal maintains partnerships with the following cities:
- Asahikawa , Japan
- Caibarien , Cuba
- Canterbury , England
- Vladimir , Russia
- Remedios , Cuba
sons and daughters of the town
- Richard Hovey (1864-1900), poet
- Julius Barr (1905-1939), pilot
- Jesse Hibbs (1906–1985), film and television director
- Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925–1972), photographer
- McLean Stevenson (1927–1996), actor
- Jeff Fowler (* 1978), animator and film director
- Taylor Bruns (* 1991), volleyball player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ US Census Bureau - American Factfinder: Normal town, Illinois
- ↑ Distance information : Google Maps
- ↑ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/17/normal-illinois-shows-true-ev-town/
- ↑ sister cities international - Bloomington-Normal, Illinois ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 3, 2018