Claremont, California
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| City | |
| City of Claremont | |
Claremont City Hall
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| Nickname(s): City of Trees and PhDs | |
 Location of Claremont within Los Angeles County, California. |
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| Coordinates: 34°6′36″N 117°43′11″W / 34.11000°N 117.71972°WCoordinates: 34°6′36″N 117°43′11″W / 34.11000°N 117.71972°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County |
 Los Angeles
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| Incorporated | October 3, 1907 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Sam Pedroza |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.486 sq mi (34.930 km2) |
| • Land | 13.348 sq mi (34.571 km2) |
| • Water | 0.138 sq mi (0.358 km2) 1.03% |
| Elevation | 1,168 ft (356 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 34,926 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 35,824 |
| • Density | 2,600/sq mi (1,000/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 91711 |
| Area code | 909 |
| FIPS code | 06-13756 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652685, 2409465 |
| Website | www |
Claremont is a city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States, 30.3 miles (48.8 km) east of downtown Los Angeles. It is located in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, and has a population, as of the 2015 United States Census estimate, of 36,283 people.
Claremont is known as the home of the Claremont Colleges and other educational institutions, and for its tree-lined streets with numerous historic buildings. In July 2007, it was rated by CNN/Money magazine as the fifth best place to live in the United States, and was the highest rated place in California on the list. Due to its large number of trees and residents with doctoral degrees, it is sometimes referred to as "The City of Trees and PhDs".
The city is primarily residential, with a significant portion of its commercial activity revolving around "The Village", a popular collection of street-front small stores, boutiques, art galleries, offices, and restaurants adjacent to and west of the Claremont Colleges. The Village was expanded in 2007, adding a controversial multi-use development that includes a cinema, a boutique hotel, retail space, offices, and a parking structure on the site of an old citrus packing plant just west of Indian Hill Boulevard. Some critics say that the expansion negatively altered the original, small-town feel of The Village.
Claremont has been a winner of the National Arbor Day Association's Tree City USA award for 22 consecutive years. When the city incorporated in 1907, local citizens started what has since become the city's tree-planting tradition. Claremont is one of the few remaining places in North America with American Elm trees that have not been exposed to Dutch elm disease. The stately trees line Indian Hill Boulevard in the vicinity of the city's Memorial Park.
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