Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California | |
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Top: Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (left) and Butterfly House (right); middle: storybook architecture (left) and Kocher Building (right); bottom: Carmel coastline | |
Location of Carmel-by-the-Sea in Monterey County, California | |
| Coordinates: 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 | Dale Byrne |
| • State Senator | John Laird (D) |
| • State Assembly | Dawn Addis (D) |
| • U.S. Rep. | Jimmy Panetta (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.06 sq mi (2.75 km2) |
| • Land | 1.06 sq mi (2.75 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 223 ft (68 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,220 |
| • Density | 3,034.87/sq mi (1,171.46/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 93921–93923 |
| Area code | 831 |
| FIPS code | 06-11250 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1658224, 2409987 |
| Website | ci |
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Carmel-by-the-Sea (/kɑːrˈmɛl/), commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,220, down from 3,722 at the 2010 census. Situated on the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel is a tourist destination, known for its natural scenery and artistic history.
The Spanish founded a settlement in 1797, when Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo was relocated by St. Junípero Serra from Monterey. Mission Carmel served as the headquarters of the Californian mission system, until the Mexican secularization act of 1833, when the area was divided into rancho grants. The settlement was largely abandoned by the U.S. Conquest of California in 1848 and stayed undeveloped until Santiago J. Duckworth set out to build a summer colony in 1888. When the Carmel Development Company was formed in 1902, Carmel became an art colony and seaside resort, which incorporated in 1916.