Bergen County, New Jersey
county in New Jersey, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bergen County is a county in the U.S. State of New Jersey. It is rich and has more people living in it than other counties in New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, it had 955,732 people.[4] It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The county is the one of the last remaining counties in the nation where shops are closed on Sundays because of "blue laws." In compliance to the blue laws, nearly all retail stores in Bergen County are closed on Sundays.
Bergen County | |
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 Atop the Hudson Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, overlooking the Hudson River, the George Washington Bridge, and the skyscrapers of Midtown Manhattan | |
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 Location within the U.S. state of New Jersey | |
 New Jersey's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40.96°N 74.07°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| Founded | 1683[1] |
| Named for | Bergen, Norway or Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands[2] |
| Seat | Hackensack[1] |
| Largest municipality | Hackensack (population) Mahwah (area) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 246.45 sq mi (638.3 km2) |
| • Land | 232.79 sq mi (602.9 km2) |
| • Water | 13.66 sq mi (35.4 km2) 5.5% |
| Population | |
| • Total | 955,732 |
| • Density | 3,900/sq mi (1,500/km2) |
| Demonym | Bergenite[5] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 5th, 9th |
| Website | www |
| Range in altitude: Highest elevation: 1,152 ft (351 m) (Bald Mountain, in the Ramapo Mountains, in Mahwah). Lowest elevation: 0 ft (0 m) (sea level), at the Hudson River in Edgewater. | |
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