La Cañada Flintridge is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,318 at the 2000 census. Its ZIP code of 91011 ranks the city as the 85th most expensive city to live in the United States with a median home sale price of $1.25 million in 2008.
Part of the name for La Cañada Flintridge comes from the Spanish word cañada, meaning gorge, ravine. In Spanish, this has a tilde (ñ) and is pronounced [kaˈɲaða]; the En...
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La Cañada Flintridge is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,318 at the 2000 census. Its ZIP code of 91011 ranks the city as the 85th most expensive city to live in the United States with a median home sale price of $1.25 million in 2008.
Part of the name for La Cañada Flintridge comes from the Spanish word cañada, meaning gorge, ravine. In Spanish, this has a tilde (ñ) and is pronounced [kaˈɲaða]; the English pronunciation is /kənˈjɑːdə/. "Flintridge" is simply pronounced as the two English words "flint" and "ridge", but does not refer to an outcropping ridge of flint (see history section). The name has nothing to do with the country Canada.
La Cañada Flintridge is located at 34°12′22″N 118°11′58″W / 34.20611°N 118.19944°W / 34.20611; -118.19944 (34.206047, -118.199499).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.4 km² (8.6 mi²), all land.
The city is situated in the far western end of the San Gabriel...
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