Dane

Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of . The population was 561,504 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin, after .
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  • Type: County with 562,000 residents
  • Description: county in Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: “Dane County”, “Dane County, WI”, and “Dane County, Wisconsin”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wisconsin State Capitol and UW Health University Hospital.

Public building
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The , located in , houses both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor.

Hospital
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is a 614-bed academic regional referral center with 127 outpatient clinics, operated by UW Health, located on the western edge of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in .

Stadium
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is an outdoor stadium in , located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. It has been the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team in rudimentary form since 1895, and as a fully functioning stadium since 1917.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madison and Fitchburg.

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, the capital of , is situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. As the anchor of the , it is home to the University of Wisconsin — , one of the premier universities in the United States.

Town
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is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 29,609 at the 2020 census. The Wisconsin Department of Administration estimates the population has grown to 37,220 as of January 1, 2026.

Town
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is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 21,827 at the 2020 census. A suburb northwest of , it is part of the . 's motto is "The Good Neighbor City."…

Dane

Latitude
43.0709° or 43° 4′ 15″ north
Longitude
-89.4322° or 89° 25′ 56″ west
Population
562,000
Elevation
902 feet (275 metres)
Open location code
86MG3HC9+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317007182
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5250074
Wiki­data ID
Q502200
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Dane” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Dane County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دان”
  • Armenian: “Դեյն”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Dane”
  • Basque: “Dane konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Dane County, Wisconsin”
  • Bavarian: “Dane County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Дэйн”
  • Belarusian: “Дэйн (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Дэйн”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডানে কাউন্টি, উইসকনসিন”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডানে কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Дейн”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Dane”
  • Cebuano: “Dane County”
  • Chechen: “Дейн (гуо, Висконсин)”
  • Chechen: “Дейн”
  • Chinese: “Dane Kūn”
  • Chinese: “戴恩县”
  • Chinese: “戴恩縣”
  • Czech: “Dane County”
  • Dutch: “Dane County”
  • Esperanto: “Dane County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Dane”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Dane”
  • Estonian: “Dane’i maakond”
  • Estonian: “Danei maakond”
  • Finnish: “Danen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Dane”
  • French: “Comté de Dane”
  • French: “Dane County”
  • German: “Dane County”
  • Gilaki: “دان ٚ شأرستان (ويسکانسين)”
  • Gilaki: “دان ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דיין”
  • Hungarian: “Dane megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Dane”
  • Italian: “contea di Dane”
  • Italian: “Contea di Dane”
  • Italian: “Dane County”
  • Japanese: “デーン郡”
  • Korean: “데인군”
  • Latin: “Dane Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Dane County”
  • Mazanderani: “دان شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dane Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dane Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dane County”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dane County”
  • Norwegian: “Dane County”
  • Ossetian: “Дейн (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Дейн”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دان، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دان”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Dane”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Dane”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Dane”
  • Portuguese: “Dane County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Dane, Wisconsin”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Dane”
  • Romanian: “Dane County”
  • Russian: “Дейн”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Dane”
  • Serbian: “Dane County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Дејн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dane County, Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dane County”
  • Slovenian: “Dane County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Dane”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دئین بؤلگه‌سی، ویسکانسین”
  • Spanish: “condado de Dane”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Dane”
  • Spanish: “Dane County”
  • Swedish: “Dane County”
  • Tatar: “Дейн (округ, Висконсин)”
  • Tatar: “Дейн”
  • Turkish: “Dane County, WI”
  • Turkish: “Dane County, Wis.”
  • Turkish: “Dane County, Wisconsin”
  • Turkish: “Dane County”
  • Turkish: “Dane ilçesi, WI”
  • Turkish: “Dane ilçesi, Wis.”
  • Turkish: “Dane ilçesi, Wisconsin”
  • Turkish: “Dane ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дейн”
  • Urdu: “ڈین کاؤنٹی، وسکونسن”
  • Urdu: “ڈین کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Dane”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Dane, Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Dane”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Dane, Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Dane”
  • Welsh: “Dane County, Wisconsin”
  • Welsh: “Dane County”

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