Perris
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1911 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Riverside County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 47 ′ N , 117 ° 14 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 68,386 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 841.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 81,594 km 2 (approx. 32 mi 2 ) of which 81,308 km 2 (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 443 m |
| Postcodes : | 92570-92572, 92599 |
| Area code : | +1 951 |
| FIPS : | 06-56700 |
| GNIS ID : | 1652772 |
| Website : | www.cityofperris.org |
| Mayor : | Daryl Busch |
Perris is a city in Riverside County in the US state of California with 68,386 inhabitants (as of 2010). The urban area extends over an area of 81.594 km². It borders Lake Perris in the northeast .
The city is located in southern California between the cities of San Diego and Los Angeles . Perris has good transport links to Interstate 215 and Highway 74 . In the immediate vicinity is the March Air Reserve Base with the military transshipment center for the western United States.
geography
Perris is located in western Riverside County in the US state of California . To the north of the city are the Moreno Valley and Lake Perris , to the west and east are unincorporated areas and to the south are Menifee and the census-designated place Romoland .
Perris' population is 68,386 (as of 2010), the urban area extends over an area of 81.594 km², of which 81.308 km² are land and 0.286 km² are water.
Infrastructure
Road traffic
Perris is located on Interstate 215 , which is a branch line of Interstate 15 in the Inland Empire . In addition, California State Route 74 runs through Perris.
railroad
The route of the former California Southern Railroad is still intact today and one of its train stations is in Perris. On June 6, 2016, the Perris Downtown and Perris South stops were opened in the Metrolink network . Since then, the Metrolink line 91 has connected Perris to Los Angeles Union Station via Riverside.
aviation
Not far from the city is the private Perris Valley Airport with a 1600 m long runway. Perris is also a popular place for skydivers . On April 22, 1992, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 crashed while taking off from Perris Valley Airport at a height of less than 16 m. The National Transportation Safety Board identified contaminated fuel as the cause of the accident. This was contaminated by improper handling. In addition, the pilot allegedly did not react appropriately after the loss of fuel. 14 parachutists and the two pilots on board were killed in the crash.
climate
The climate in Perris is Mediterranean with warm to hot summers and cold winters. In summer the maximum temperatures are up to 40 ° C , in winter the temperatures can rarely go below freezing point.
Perris is known for its susceptibility to tornados, the last occurred in 2012, but all only in level F0 .
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Demographics
As of the 2010 census , there were 68,386 people in Perris. The urban population had almost doubled within a decade. In 2000, a little more than 36,000 people were registered in the city (as of 2000 census ). The vast majority of residents are Latinos , 71 percent. The proportion of Latinos is thus far above the mean value for California and the USA as a whole. However, Hispanic majority towns and villages are not uncommon in southern California. The number of whites with a European background is only 11 percent. This means that the proportion of African Americans is slightly higher at over 12 percent. While this value is slightly above the California average, it is overall average in the United States. Other ethnic groups such as Asians are minorities.
The number of households was 16,365 according to the 2010 census. The sexes are almost equally distributed, with 98.3 men for every 100 women. The median age of Perris residents is 25.9 years.
history
The Perris Valley originally consisted of pastureland and was not heavily populated until the 1880s, a period of great economic growth in Southern California . The connection to the California Southern Railroad led to the creation of a settlement around the new station. The railway line was built in 1882; this enabled the current cities of Barstow and San Diego to be connected. However, due to a dispute over property rights in 1885, most of the residents had to leave their homes and settle 3 km further north on the railway line. Here they founded the town of Perris, named after Fred T. Perris , the chief engineer of the California Southern Railroad. In 1911, Perris was officially named City . The city was originally part of San Diego County , but when Riverside County was founded in 1892, it was assigned to it.
The Southern California fast-food restaurant chain Farmer Boys was founded in Perris in 1981.
On 20 March 2007, in the news program Nightline on ABC as part of the Reality Checks on Perris itself and the many foreclosed condos in Riverside County reported Perris was referred in this regard as the "epicenter".
In January 2018, the small town got into the media worldwide because the married couple David and Louise Turpin held their twelve children, aged two to 29, imprisoned for 13 years. The children were soiled, disturbed, frightened and malnourished by the police freed, after which a 17-year-old was able to flee. The children crouched on the floor in a room, some of them tied to their beds with chains and padlocks.
politics
Perris is part of the 37th District in the California Senate , currently represented by Republican Mimi Walters, and the 65th District of the California State Assembly , represented by Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva. Perris is also a member of California's 49th Congressional District , which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 5 and is represented by Republican Darrell Issa .
Movies
Portions of several films were shot in Perris, including:
- the station scenes in Calendar Girl
- the skydiving in The best comes to the end
- Scenes from Eagle Eye - Out of Control
- many of the racing scenes in Five the Hart Way
- the final scene in The Land of the Astronauts
Personalities
- Irving Ashby (1920–1987), jazz guitarist
- Alfred E. Green (1889–1960), film director
Web links
- Official website of Perris (English)
- Video report of Chapman University on Perris (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Perris website: Mayor (English)
- ↑ Note on the Metrolink website , accessed on July 3, 2016
- ↑ United States Census 2010 ( Memento from February 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Liberated children were finally able to wash themselves properly welt.de on January 18, 2017
