Franconia

Franconia is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 18,943 at the 2020 census. Located just southwest of , Franconia has existed as a community since the 1870s, when a station by that name opened on the RF&P Railroad.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 18,900 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Franconia Station”, “Franconia, VA”, and “Franconia, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Franconia–Springfield station and Thomas A. Edison High School.

Railway station
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is a Washington Metro rapid transit station and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station located in , United States. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Franconia.

School
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Thomas Alva Edison High School is one of 25 high schools in , United States. Thomas Edison is an International Baccalaureate school.

Shopping center
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is an enclosed shopping center located in the census-designated place of unincorporated . It opened in 1973 as Springfield Mall, an enclosed , which closed on June 30, 2012 as part… is situated 1½ miles west of Franconia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingstowne and Rose Hill.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. It is a planned community amid the suburbs of , , and Franconia, Virginia, and is centered on the intersection of South Van Dorn Street and Boulevard.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census. Built in the mid-1950s, is the largest of the subdivisions that make up the CDP, which is just southwest of ; others include Wilton Woods, Burgundy Village, and Winslow Heights.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 3,909. It is located in southeastern Fairfax County, bordered by to the northwest, to the north, to the east, and to the south. is situated 2 miles south of Franconia.

Franconia

Latitude
38.78218° or 38° 46′ 56″ north
Longitude
-77.14599° or 77° 8′ 46″ west
Population
18,900
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
IATA airport code
ZFO
United Nations Location Code
US ZFO
Open location code
87C4QVJ3+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158366873
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4759968
Wiki­data ID
Q1374404
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Franconia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فرانكونيا”
  • Basque: “Franconia”
  • Catalan: “Franconia”
  • Cebuano: “Franconia”
  • Chechen: “Франкония”
  • Chinese: “Franconia”
  • Dutch: “Franconia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فرانكونيا”
  • French: “Franconia”
  • German: “Franconia”
  • Gilaki: “فرانکؤنيا (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “فرانکؤنيا”
  • Irish: “Franconia”
  • Italian: “Franconia”
  • Japanese: “フランコニア (ヴァージニア州)”
  • Japanese: “フランコニア (バージニア州)”
  • Japanese: “フランコニア”
  • Ladin: “Franconia”
  • Malagasy: “Franconia, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Franconia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Franconia”
  • Persian: “فرانکونیا، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “فرانکونیا”
  • Polish: “Franconia”
  • Portuguese: “Franconia”
  • Russian: “Франкония”
  • Serbian: “Франконија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Franconia, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Franconia”
  • Slovenian: “Franconia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فرانکونیا، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Franconia (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Franconia”
  • Tatar: “Франкония”
  • Turkish: “Franconia”
  • Ukrainian: “Франконія”
  • Urdu: “فرینکونیا، ورجینیا”
  • Uzbek: “Franconia”
  • Uzbek: “Франcониа”
  • Volapük: “Franconia”
  • Welsh: “Franconia, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Franconia”

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