Bethel, Connecticut

Bethel, Connecticut
Town
Greenwood Avenue, a historic street in Bethel.
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Fairfield County and Connecticut  Western Connecticut Planning Region and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°22′27″N 73°23′42″W / 41.37417°N 73.39500°W / 41.37417; -73.39500
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	Fairfield
Region	Western CT
Incorporated	1855
Government
• Type	Selectman-town meeting
• First selectman	Dan Carter (R)
• Selectman	Richard C. Straiton (D)
• Selectman	Bryan Terzian (R)
Area
• Total	16.9 sq mi (43.8 km2)
• Land	16.8 sq mi (43.5 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation	482 ft (147 m)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	20,156
• Density	1,204.6/sq mi (465.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	06801
Area codes	203/475
FIPS code	09-04720
GNIS feature ID	213390[2]
Website	www.bethel-ct.gov

Bethel (/ˈbɛθəl/) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.^[2] As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 20,358. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town includes the Bethel Census-Designated Place.^[3]