Colchester
Colchester is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 15,555 at the 2020 census.
- Type: Locality with 4,780 residents
- Description: town in New London County, Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Colchester (CT)”, “Colchester, Connecticut”, “Colchester, CT”, and “Колчестер (Коннектикут)”
- Postal code: 06415
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cragin Memorial Library and Gallery Cinema.
Bacon Academy
School
Bacon Academy is a public high school in Colchester, Connecticut, in the United States. Bacon Academy is situated 1½ miles east of Colchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colchester and Colchester Village Historic District.
Colchester Village Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Thundersnow, Public domain.
Colchester
Latitude
41.57565° or 41° 34′ 32″ north
Longitude
-72.33203° or 72° 19′ 55″ west
Population
4,780
Elevation
472 feet (144 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US CE7
Open location code
87H9HMG9+75
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Colchester” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كولتشستر”
- Basque: “Colchester”
- Catalan: “Colchester”
- Cebuano: “Colchester”
- Chechen: “Колчестер”
- Chinese: “科爾切斯特”
- Czech: “Colchester”
- Dutch: “Colchester”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كولتشستر”
- French: “Colchester”
- German: “Colchester”
- Haitian: “Colchester, Connecticut”
- Haitian: “Colchester”
- Hebrew: “קולצ’סטר”
- Hungarian: “Colchester”
- Italian: “Colchester”
- Japanese: “コルチェスター”
- Kazakh: “Колчестер”
- Kirghiz: “Колчестер”
- Mazanderani: “کولچستر”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colchester”
- Norwegian: “Colchester”
- Polish: “Colchester”
- Russian: “Колчестер”
- Scots: “Colchester, Connecticut”
- Scots: “Colchester”
- Serbian: “Колчестер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colchester, Connecticut”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colchester”
- Slovak: “Colchester”
- Spanish: “Colchester”
- Swedish: “Colchester, Connecticut”
- Swedish: “Colchester”
- Tatar: “Колчестер”
- Turkish: “Colchester, Connecticut”
- Turkish: “Colchester”
- Ukrainian: “Колчестер”
- Urdu: “کولچیسٹر، کنیکٹیکٹ”
- Urdu: “کولچیسٹر”
- Volapük: “Colchester”
- Welsh: “Colchester, Connecticut”
- Welsh: “Colchester”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: North Westchester and Haywardville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Old Burying Ground and Linwood Cemetery.
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