Wellesley

Wellesley is a city in in the area. It is a wealthy suburb and home to Wellesley College, Babson College and Mass Bay Community College. Wellesley includes the villages of Babson Park and Wellesley Hills.
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  • Type: Town with 27,000 residents
  • Description: town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Wellesley (Massachusetts)”, “Wellesley CDP”, “Wellesley, MA”, “Wellesley, Mass.”, “Wellesley, Massachusetts”, “West Needham”, “ウェルスレイ”, “マサチューセッツ州・ウェルズリー”, and “衛斯理鎮”
  • Postal code: 02482
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Wellesley College and Whitin Observatory.

College
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is a private women's liberal arts…

Observatory
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is an astronomical owned and operated by .

Museum
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The Davis Museum is an art museum located on the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton Lower Falls.

Village
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is one of the thirteen villages… is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wellesley.

Wellesley

Latitude
42.2965° or 42° 17′ 47″ north
Longitude
-71.2926° or 71° 17′ 33″ west
Population
27,000
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US NEE and US WEL
Open location code
87JC7PW4+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158821560
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4954738
Wiki­data ID
Q533317
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Wellesley” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wellesley”
  • Arabic: “ويليسلي”
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  • Azerbaijani: “Uellsli”
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  • Bulgarian: “Уелсли”
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  • Chechen: “Веллесли”
  • Chinese: “韋爾斯利”
  • Chinese: “韦尔斯利”
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  • Haitian: “Wellesley, Massachusetts”
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  • Hebrew: “וולזלי”
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  • Japanese: “ウェルズリー”
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  • Kazakh: “Вэлслэй”
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  • Mazanderani: “ولزلی (ماساچوست)”
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  • Persian: “ولزلی، ماساچوست”
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  • Russian: “Уэлсли”
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  • Serbian: “Wellesley”
  • Serbian: “Велесли”
  • Serbian: “Велсли”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wellesley, Massachusetts”
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  • Swedish: “Wellesley, Massachusetts”
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  • Tatar: “Веллесли”
  • Turkish: “Wellesley, Massachusetts”
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  • Ukrainian: “Веллеслі”
  • Urdu: “ویلسلے، میساچوسٹس”
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