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Rensselaer

Rensselaer County ren-sə-LEER is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is . The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original owner of the land in the area.
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  • Type: County with 159,000 residents
  • Description: county in New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Rensselaer County”, “Rensselaer County, New York”, and “Rensselaer County, NY”
  • Neighbors: and

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brunswick and Poestenkill.

Village
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is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The municipality was originally settled in the early 18th century. During its history, it had been part of , Rensselaerswyck, and , before its incorporation in 1807.

Village
is a hamlet in Rensselaer County, , United States. The population was 1,061 at the 2010 census. The name is taken from , a stream in the area. is in the southern part of the Town of .

Rensselaer

Latitude
42.7091° or 42° 42′ 33″ north
Longitude
-73.5108° or 73° 30′ 39″ west
Population
159,000
Elevation
1,280 feet (390 metres)
Open location code
87J8PF5Q+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2000823177
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5133668
Wiki­data ID
Q156566
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Rensselaer” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rensselaer County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة رينسيلير”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه رينسيلير، نيويورك”
  • Armenian: “Ռենսելեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Rensselaer”
  • Basque: “Rensselaer konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Rensselaer County, New York”
  • Bavarian: “Rensselaer County”
  • Belarusian: “Рэнселер”
  • Bishnupriya: “রেন্সসীলায়ের কাউন্টি, নিউ ইয়র্ক”
  • Bishnupriya: “রেন্সসীলায়ের কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ренсълийр”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Rensselaer”
  • Cebuano: “Rensselaer County”
  • Chechen: “Ренсселер (гуо, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Chechen: “Ренсселер”
  • Chinese: “Rensselaer Kūn”
  • Chinese: “伦斯勒县(纽约州)”
  • Chinese: “倫塞勒縣”
  • Chinese: “倫斯勒縣”
  • Chinese: “壬色列縣(紐約州)”
  • Czech: “Rensselaer County”
  • Dutch: “Rensselaer County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Rensselaer”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Rensselaer”
  • Esperanto: “Rensselaer County”
  • Finnish: “Rensselaerin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Rensselaer”
  • French: “Comté de Rensselaer”
  • French: “Rensselaer County”
  • Georgian: “რენსელერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Rensselaer County”
  • Gilaki: “رنسلیر ٚ شأرستان (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “رنسلیر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ρενσαλίαρ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז רנסלאאר”
  • Hungarian: “Rensselaer megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Rensselaer, Nua-Eabhrac”
  • Irish: “Contae Rensselaer”
  • Italian: “contea di Rensselaer”
  • Italian: “Contea di Rensselaer”
  • Italian: “Rensselaer County”
  • Japanese: “レンセリア郡”
  • Korean: “렌셀러군”
  • Latin: “Rensselaer Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Rensselaer County”
  • Marathi: “रेन्सेलॅर काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “رنسلیر شهرستان (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “رنسلیر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Rensselaer Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rensselaer Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rensselaer County, New York”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rensselaer County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rensselaer fylke”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rensselaer County”
  • Norwegian: “Rensselaer County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الکساندر، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الکساندر”
  • Persian: “شهرستان رنسلیر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Rensselaer”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Rensselaer”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Rensselaer”
  • Portuguese: “Rensselaer County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Rensselaer, New York”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Rensselaer”
  • Russian: “Ренселер”
  • Russian: “Ренсселер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Rensselaer”
  • Serbian: “Округ Ренселер”
  • Serbian: “Округ Ренслер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rensselaer County, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rensselaer County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Rensselaer”
  • Slovenian: “Rensselaer County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Rensselaer”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Rensselaer”
  • Spanish: “Rensselaer County”
  • Swedish: “Rensselaer County”
  • Tatar: “Ренсселер (округ, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Tatar: “Ренсселер”
  • Tumbuka: “Rensselaer”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer County, N.Y.”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer County, New York”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer County, NY”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer County”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer ilçesi, N.Y.”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer ilçesi, New York”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer ilçesi, NY”
  • Turkish: “Rensselaer ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ренсселер”
  • Urdu: “رینسیلر کاؤنٹی، نیویارک”
  • Urdu: “رینسیلر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Rensselaer”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Rensselaer, New York”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Rensselaer, Nữu Ước”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Rensselaer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Rensselaer, New York”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Rensselaer”
  • Welsh: “Rensselaer County, Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Rensselaer County”
  • Western Panjabi: “رنسیلائر کاؤنٹی”

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