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is the most populous city in Placer County, California, located within the Sacramento metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 147,773, making it the third-largest city in the Sacramento area.

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is a city in and the county seat of Placer County, California, United States. Its population was 13,776 during the 2020 census. is known for its California Gold Rush history and is registered as a California Historical Landmark.

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is a city in Placer County, California, United States, about 22 miles northeast of and about 6.1 miles northeast of in the Sacramento metropolitan area.

Placer County

Latitude of center
39.1012° or 39° 6′ 4″ north
Longitude of center
-120.7651° or 120° 45′ 54″ west
Population
348,000
Elevation
2,943 feet (897 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316944783
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5383537
Wiki­data ID
Q156353
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Placer County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Placer County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بلاسر”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه بلاسر، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Փլեյսեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Placer”
  • Asturian: “Placer (condáu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pleser qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Placer konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Placer County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Placer County”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্লাসের কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্লাসের কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Плейсър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Placer”
  • Cebuano: “Placer County”
  • Chechen: “Плейсер”
  • Chinese: “Placer Kūn”
  • Chinese: “普莱瑟县”
  • Chinese: “普萊瑟縣”
  • Chinese: “普萊瑟郡”
  • Czech: “Placer County”
  • Danish: “Placer County”
  • Dutch: “Placer County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Placer”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Placer”
  • Finnish: “Placerin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Placer”
  • French: “Comté de Placer”
  • Georgian: “პლეისერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Placer County”
  • Gilaki: “پلاسر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פלייסר”
  • Hungarian: “Placer megye”
  • Icelandic: “Placer County”
  • Icelandic: “Placer-sýsla”
  • Irish: “Contae Placer, California”
  • Irish: “Contae Placer”
  • Italian: “contea di Placer”
  • Italian: “Contea di Placer”
  • Italian: “Placer County”
  • Japanese: “プレイサー郡”
  • Korean: “플레이서군”
  • Latin: “Placer Comitatus”
  • Limburgan: “Placer County”
  • Low German: “Placer County”
  • Malayalam: “പ്ലാസ്സർ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “प्लेसर काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “پلاسر شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “پلاسر شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Placer Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Placer County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Placer County”
  • Norwegian: “Placer County”
  • Pampanga: “Placer County, California”
  • Pampanga: “Placer County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پلاسر، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پلاسر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Placer”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Placer”
  • Russian: “Пласер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Placer”
  • Serbian: “Okrug Plaser”
  • Serbian: “Placer County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Пласер”
  • Serbian: “Округ Плејсер”
  • Serbian: “Плејсер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Placer County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Placer County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Placer”
  • Slovenian: “Placer County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Placer”
  • Spanish: “Placer County California”
  • Spanish: “Placer County”
  • Swedish: “Placer County”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng Placer, California”
  • Tagalog: “Placer County”
  • Tatar: “Плейсер (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Плейсер”
  • Tumbuka: “Placer County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “Placer County”
  • Turkish: “Placer County, CA”
  • Turkish: “Placer County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Placer County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Placer County”
  • Turkish: “Placer ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “Placer ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Placer ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Placer ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пласер”
  • Ukrainian: “Плейсер”
  • Urdu: “پلیسر کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Placer”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Placer, Ca Li”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Placer, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Placer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Placer, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Placer”
  • Welsh: “Placer County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “Placer County”
  • Western Panjabi: “پلیسر کاؤنٹی”
  • “Placer”

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