Swansea
Swansea is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is a part of the St. Louis metropolitan area and Metro East in southern Illinois. It is surrounded by the communities of Fairview Heights, Belleville, O’Fallon, and Shiloh.- Type: Town with 14,400 residents
- Description: village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Swansea (Illinois)”, “Swansea, IL”, and “Swansea, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Belleville East High School.
Belleville East High School
School
Belleville High School East is a public high school in Belleville, Illinois, United States. Belleville East High School is situated 2½ miles southeast of Swansea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belleville and Fairview Heights.
Fairview Heights
Town
Fairview Heights is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States within Greater St. Fairview Heights is situated 4 miles north of Swansea.
Shiloh
Town
Shiloh is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Shiloh is situated 5 miles east of Swansea.
Swansea
- Categories: village of Illinois and locality
- Location: Saint Clair Township, St. Clair, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.53394° or 38° 32′ 2″ north
Longitude
-89.98899° or 89° 59′ 20″ west
Population
14,400
Elevation
545 feet (166 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US SW6
Open location code
86CGG2M6+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Swansea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوانسي”
- Basque: “Swansea”
- Catalan: “Swansea”
- Cebuano: “Swansea”
- Chinese: “斯旺西 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “斯旺西”
- Dutch: “Swansea”
- French: “Swansea”
- German: “Swansea”
- Gilaki: “سۊانزیا (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “سۊانزیا”
- Haitian: “Swansea, Ilinwa”
- Italian: “Swansea”
- Ladin: “Swansea”
- Mazanderani: “سوانزی (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “سوانزی”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Swansea”
- Norwegian: “Swansea”
- Persian: “سوانزی، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “سوانزی”
- Polish: “Swansea”
- Portuguese: “Swansea”
- Russian: “Суонси”
- Serbian: “Свонси”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Swansea, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Swansea”
- South Azerbaijani: “سوانزی، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Swansea”
- Swedish: “Swansea, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Swansea, Illinois”
- Ukrainian: “Свонсі”
- Urdu: “سوانزی، الینوائے”
- Vietnamese: “Swansea, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “Swansea, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Swansea, Illinois”
- “Swansea”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: O’Fallon Junction and Summit.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Swansea and Metro Bike Link Trail.
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