Bergen County
Bergen County is in the Gateway region at the northeastern corner of New Jersey. Bergen County and its many inner suburbs constitute a highly developed part of the New York City metropolitan area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hackensack and East Rutherford.
Hackensack
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Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey. It is the county seat, and a center of government, legal activity, and commerce in the region. Hackensack's central location within Bergen county make it the perfect place to stay for anyone wanting to explore the region.
East Rutherford
East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County which is in the northeast part of New Jersey. Formerly known as the township of Boiling Springs, East Rutherford was renamed on May 23, 1893 when it was purchased by the Borough officers of the East Rutherford Borough.Fort Lee
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Englewood and Paramus.
Englewood
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Englewood is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey. It borders on Fort Lee and Englewood Cliffs to its east, Tenafly to its north, Teaneck to its west, and Leonia to its south.
Paramus
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Paramus is a major shopping town in New Jersey. Many people from all over the New York metropolitan area come here to shop at the many stores along New Jersey state routes 4 and 17, and at the Westfield Garden State Plaza, Paramus Park Mall, Bergen Town Center, Fashion Center, and The Shops at Riverside malls.
Westwood
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Westwood is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Westwood is part of the New York metropolitan area. Many of its residents regularly commute to New York City for work and leisure, many using public transportation.
Rutherford
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Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,834, an increase of 773 from the 2010 census count of 18,061, which in turn reflected a decline of 49 from the 18,110 counted in the 2000 census.
River Edge
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River Edge is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,049, an increase of 709 from the 2010 census count of 11,340, which in turn reflected an increase of 394 from the 10,946 counted in the 2000 census.
Park Ridge
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Park Ridge is a borough of 8,700 people in Bergen County, New Jersey. It was once home to former President Richard M. Nixon and his wife, Pat Nixon.
Glen Rock
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Glen Rock is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,133, an increase of 532 from the 2010 census count of 11,601, which in turn reflected an increase of 55 from the 11,546 counted in the 2000 census.
Teaneck
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Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey. It is the suburb with the second highest population of the 70 towns in the county with 39,776 as of the 2010 United States Census.
Ridgewood
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Ridgewood is a village of 25,000 people in New Jersey. It is a suburban bedroom community of New York City, about 20 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan. This article also covers the adjacent community of Ho-Ho-Kus.
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Wyckoff
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Wyckoff is a township in Northwest Bergen County in the state of New Jersey, 27 miles from New York City. It has a population of approximately 17,000.
River Vale
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River Vale Township is in Bergen County, in the Gateway region of New Jersey. About a half hour drive outside of New York City, the suburb of River Vale is within driving distance of anything one would ever need.
Bergen County
- Type: county of New Jersey with 905,000 residents
- Description: county in New Jersey, United States
- Also known as: “Bergen”, “Bergen County, New Jersey”, “Bergen County, NJ”, and “Tappaans”
- Neighbors: Essex County, Hudson County, New York City, Passaic County, Rockland County, and Westchester County
- Location: Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Bergen County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bergen County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة بيرغن”
- Armenian: “Բերգեն շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Bergen”
- Azerbaijani: “Berqen”
- Balinese: “County Bergen, New Jersey”
- Balinese: “County Bergen”
- Basque: “Bergen konderria”
- Bavarian: “Bergen County, New Jersey”
- Bavarian: “Bergen County”
- Belarusian: “акруга Берген”
- Belarusian: “Берген (акруга)”
- Belarusian: “Берген”
- Belarusian: “Бэрген”
- Bishnupriya: “বার্গেন কাউন্টি, নিউ জার্সি”
- Bishnupriya: “বার্গেন কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Бъргън”
- Catalan: “comtat de Bergen”
- Cebuano: “Bergen County”
- Chechen: “Берген (гуо, Нью-Джерси)”
- Chechen: “Берген”
- Chinese: “Bergen Kūn”
- Chinese: “伯根县”
- Chinese: “伯根郡”
- Chinese: “博根縣”
- Dutch: “Bergen County”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة بيرجين، نيوجيرسى”
- Esperanto: “Bergen County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Bergen”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Bergen”
- Finnish: “Bergenin piirikunta”
- French: “Bergen County”
- French: “comté de Bergen”
- French: “Comté de Bergen”
- Georgian: “ბერგენის ოლქი”
- German: “Bergen County”
- Gilaki: “برگن ٚ شأرستان (نيۊجرسي)”
- Gilaki: “برگن ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία Μπέργκεν”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Μπέργκεν”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ברגן”
- Hungarian: “Bergen megye”
- Irish: “Contae Bergen, New Jersey”
- Irish: “Contae Bergen”
- Italian: “Bergen County”
- Italian: “contea di Bergen”
- Italian: “Contea di Bergen”
- Japanese: “ニュージャージー州バーゲン郡”
- Japanese: “バーゲン郡”
- Korean: “버건 군”
- Korean: “버건군”
- Korean: “버겐 군”
- Low German: “Bergen County”
- Mazanderani: “برگن شهرستان (نیوجرسی)”
- Mazanderani: “برگن شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Bergen Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bergen Kūn”
- Neapolitan: “Contea Bergen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bergen County”
- Norwegian: “Bergen County”
- Ossetian: “Берген”
- Persian: “شهرستان برگن، نیوجرسی”
- Persian: “شهرستان برگن”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Bergen”
- Portuguese: “Bergen County”
- Portuguese: “condado de Bergen”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Bergen”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Bergen, New Jersey”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Bergen”
- Russian: “Берген”
- Sardinian: “contea de Bergen”
- Scots: “Bergen Coonty”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bergen County”
- Serbian: “Округ Берген”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bergen County, New Jersey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bergen County”
- Slovenian: “Bergen County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Bergen”
- Spanish: “Bergen County”
- Spanish: “Condado de Bergen (Nueva Jersey)”
- Spanish: “condado de Bergen”
- Spanish: “Condado de Bergen”
- Swedish: “Bergen County, New Jersey”
- Swedish: “Bergen County”
- Tamil: “பெர்கன் கவுண்ட்டி, நியூ செர்சி”
- Tamil: “பெர்கன் கவுண்ட்டி”
- Tatar: “Берген (округ, Нью-Джерси)”
- Tatar: “Берген”
- Tumbuka: “Bergen County”
- Turkish: “Bergen County, N.J.”
- Turkish: “Bergen County, New Jersey”
- Turkish: “Bergen County, NJ”
- Turkish: “Bergen County”
- Turkish: “Bergen ilçesi, N.J.”
- Turkish: “Bergen ilçesi, New Jersey”
- Turkish: “Bergen ilçesi, NJ”
- Turkish: “Bergen ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Берген”
- Urdu: “برگن کاؤنٹی، نیو جرسی”
- Urdu: “برگن کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Bergen”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Bergen, New Jersey”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Bergen, Tân Jersey”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Bergen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Bergen, New Jersey”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Bergen”
- Welsh: “Bergen County, New Jersey”
- Welsh: “Bergen County”
- Western Armenian: “Պերկըն Քաունթի”
- Western Panjabi: “برگن کاؤنٹی”
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