Framingham

Framingham is a suburban city in , , with a population of more than 72,000. This former blue-collar manufacturing town is now a sprawling western suburb of , known for its high density of white-collar technology and business professionals, as well as an ethnically diverse population.
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  • Type: City with 68,300 residents
  • Description: city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: Framingham, MA”, “Framingham, Massachusetts”, and “South Framingham
  • Postal codes: 01701-01705

Places of Interest

Highlights include Danforth Museum of Art and South Middlesex Correctional Center.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University is a museum and school in Framingham, Massachusetts. It is part of Framingham State University.

Prison
The is a small, minimum security/pre-release state prison for women located in Framingham, Massachusetts. The prison opened in 1976, originally as a part of MCI-Framingham.

Prison
is the Massachusetts Department of Correction's institution for female offenders. It is located in Framingham, Massachusetts, a city located midway between and Boston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashland.

is a town of 18,000 in approximately 25 miles west of . was the original starting point of the Boston Marathon and birthplace of the electric clock.

Framingham

Latitude
42.2773° or 42° 16′ 38″ north
Longitude
-71.4166° or 71° 24′ 60″ west
Population
68,300
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US FHM
Open location code
87JC7HGM+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158806667
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4937230
Wiki­data ID
Q988568
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Framingham” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Framingham
  • Arabic: فرامينغهام
  • Azerbaijani: Freyminqem
  • Basque: Framingham
  • Belarusian: Фрэмінгем
  • Bulgarian: Фреймингам
  • Catalan: Framingham
  • Cebuano: Framingham
  • Chechen: Фрейминггам
  • Chinese: Framingham
  • Chinese: 弗雷明汉
  • Chinese: 弗雷明漢
  • Chinese: 弗雷明翰
  • Chinese: 弗雷明翰市
  • Chinese: 費明咸
  • Chinese: 馬薩諸塞州
  • Chinese: 马萨诸塞州
  • Czech: Framingham
  • Dagbani: Framingham
  • Danish: Framingham
  • Dutch: Framingham
  • French: Framingham
  • Galician: Framingham
  • German: Framingham
  • Gilaki: فرامينگهام (ماساچۊست)
  • Gilaki: فرامينگهام
  • Haitian: Framingham, Massachusetts
  • Haitian: Framingham
  • Hebrew: פרמינגהאם
  • Hungarian: Framingham
  • Irish: Framingham
  • Italian: Framingham
  • Japanese: フレイミンガム (マサチューセッツ州)
  • Japanese: フレイミンガム
  • Japanese: フレイミングハム
  • Kazakh: Framïngxam
  • Kazakh: Фрамингхам
  • Kazakh: فرامىينگحام
  • Kirghiz: Фрамингхам
  • Korean: 프레이밍햄
  • Ladin: Framingham
  • Mazanderani: فرامینگهام (ماساچوست)
  • Mazanderani: فرامینگهام
  • Min Nan Chinese: Framingham
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Framingham
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Framingham
  • Norwegian: Framingham
  • Persian: فرامینگهام، ماساچوست
  • Persian: فرامینگهام
  • Polish: Framingham
  • Portuguese: Framingham
  • Russian: Фреймингем
  • Russian: Фреймингхем
  • Serbian: Фрејмингхам
  • Serbo-Croatian: Framingham, Massachusetts
  • Serbo-Croatian: Framingham
  • Silesian: Framingham
  • Slovak: Framingham
  • Slovenian: Framingham
  • Spanish: Framingham (Massachusetts)
  • Spanish: Framingham
  • Swahili: Framingham, Massachusetts
  • Swahili: Framingham
  • Swedish: Framingham
  • Tatar: Фрейминггам
  • Turkish: Framingham, Massachusetts
  • Turkish: Framingham
  • Ukrainian: Фрамінгем
  • Ukrainian: Фреймінггам
  • Urdu: فریمنگہیم، میساچوسٹس
  • Urdu: فریمنگہیم
  • Uzbek: Framingham
  • Volapük: Framingham
  • Welsh: Framingham, Massachusetts
  • Welsh: Framingham

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