The Western Connecticut Planning Region is a planning region and

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. It is served by the coterminous Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG), one of nine regional councils of governments in Connecticut. Within the region, there are two Metropolitan Planning Organizations, South Western CT MPO and the Housatonic Valley MPO. The region includes the Connecticut Panhandle,

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, and the Gold Coast. In 2022, planning regions were approved to replace Connecticut's

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as county-equivalents for statistical purposes, with full implementation occurring by 2024.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 620,549 people living in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, making it the second most populated region in the state behind the Capitol Planning Region.

Municipalities

The following municipalities are members of the Western Connecticut Region:

Cities

Danbury Danbury ( ) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest ...

* Norwalk * Stamford

Towns

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* Bridgewater * Brookfield * Darien *

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New Canaan New Canaan () is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. About an hour from New York City by train, the town ...

New Fairfield New Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,579 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. New Fairfield is one of five towns that surround Candlewood Lake, the largest l ...

* New Milford * Newtown * Redding * Ridgefield *

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* Westport * Wilton

References

External links

Western Connecticut Council of Governments
{{Connecticut Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut Connecticut councils of governments