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Town of Colonie

Colonie

Colonie is a town in , , United States. It is the most-populous suburb of , and is the third-largest town in area in , occupying approximately 11% of the county.
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  • Type: Town with 7,910 residents
  • Description: town in Albany County, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Colonie, New York”, “Colonie, NY”, and “Town of Watervliet”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Colonie Center and St. Francis Chapel.

Shopping center
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is a located in , a suburb of , at the intersection of Central Avenue, Wolf Road, and Interstate 87.

Church
was a Catholic Franciscan chapel, sponsored by the Holy Name Province of the Order Friars Minor. It began in the Northway Mall in Colonie, , on December 28, 1970.

is an artificial lake in , , United States named for Major-General Stephen Van Rensselaer, last patroon of Rensselaerswyck.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karner and Roessleville.

Hamlet
is a hamlet of the town of Colonie, , , United States. Once called Center Station, it was a stop along the New York Central Railroad that became famous for being the site where the Blue butterfly was first identified.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, , United States. It is a densely settled suburb of the city of , along New York State Route 5. is situated 2 miles southeast of Colonie.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the town of , , , United States. Since the 1970 Census, a census-designated place has been established with the name of for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries for . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Colonie.

Colonie

Latitude
42.71786° or 42° 43′ 4″ north
Longitude
-73.83346° or 73° 50′ 0″ west
Population
7,910
Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CE2
Open location code
87J8P598+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158857202
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5113348
Wiki­data ID
Q3723193
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Colonie” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كولوني”
  • Basque: “Colonie”
  • Catalan: “Colonie”
  • Cebuano: “Colonie”
  • Chechen: “Колони”
  • Chinese: “Colonie”
  • Chinese: “科隆尼”
  • Dutch: “Colonie”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلده كولونى, الولايات المتحدة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولونى”
  • Esperanto: “Kolonio”
  • French: “Colonie”
  • German: “Colonie”
  • Haitian: “Colonie, New York”
  • Haitian: “Colonie”
  • Hungarian: “Colonie”
  • Italian: “Colonie”
  • Japanese: “コロニー”
  • Mazanderani: “کلونی (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “کلونی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Colonie”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colonie”
  • Persian: “کلونی”
  • Polish: “Colonie”
  • Serbian: “Колони”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colonie, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colonie”
  • Spanish: “Colonie (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “Colonie”
  • Tatar: “Колони”
  • Turkish: “Colonie”
  • Ukrainian: “Колоні”
  • Welsh: “Colonie, Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Colonie”

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