Carmel, California
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Carmel |
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View towards the city's white-sand beach with an old Monterey Cypress in the foreground
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 Location in Monterey County and the state of California |
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 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
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| Coordinates: 36°33′19″N 121°55′24″W / 36.55528°N 121.92333°WCoordinates: 36°33′19″N 121°55′24″W / 36.55528°N 121.92333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Monterey |
| Incorporated | October 31, 1916 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steve Dallas |
| • State Senator | Bill Monning (D) |
| • State Assembly | Mark Stone (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Jimmy Panetta (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.08 sq mi (2.798 km2) |
| • Land | 1.08 sq mi (2.798 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,722 |
| • Density | 3,400/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 93921–93923 |
| Area code | 831 |
| FIPS code | 06-11250 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1658224, 2409987 |
| Website | Official website |
Carmel-by-the-Sea, often simply referred to as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, United States, founded in 1902 and incorporated on October 31, 1916. Situated on the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel is known for its natural scenery and rich artistic history. In 1906, the San Francisco Call devoted a full page to the "artists, writers and poets at Carmel-by-the-Sea", and in 1910 it reported that 60 percent of Carmel's houses were built by citizens who were "devoting their lives to work connected to the aesthetic arts." Early City Councils were dominated by artists, and the city has had several mayors who were poets or actors, including Herbert Heron, founder of the Forest Theater, bohemian writer and actor Perry Newberry, and actor-director Clint Eastwood.
The city is known for being dog-friendly, with numerous hotels, restaurants and retail establishments admitting guests with dogs. Carmel is also known for several unusual laws, including a prohibition on wearing high-heel shoes without a permit, enacted to prevent lawsuits arising from tripping accidents caused by irregular pavement.
Carmel-by-the-Sea is located on the Pacific coast, about 330 miles (530 km) north of Los Angeles and 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco. Communities nearby Carmel-by-the-Sea include Carmel Valley Village and Carmel Highlands.
As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 3,722, down from 4,081 at the 2000 census.
The Carmel-by-the-Sea area is permeated by Native American, Spanish, Mexican and American history. Most scholars believe that the Esselen-speaking people were the first Native Americans to inhabit the area of Carmel, but the Ohlone people pushed them south into the mountains of Big Sur around the 6th century.
The first Europeans to see this land were Spanish mariners led by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in 1542, who sailed up the California coast without landing. Another sixty years passed before another Spanish explorer and Carmelite friar Sebastián Vizcaíno discovered for Spain what is now known as Carmel Valley in 1602, which he named for his patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
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