"San Clemente"
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San Clemente, California The San Clemente Pier and central San Clemente Beach on the Pacific Ocean The San Clemente Pier and central San Clemente Beach on the Pacific Ocean Official seal of San Clemente, California Location of San Clemente inside Orange County, California.
Location of San Clemente inside Orange County, California.
San Clemente, California is positioned in the US San Clemente, California - San Clemente, California San Clemente is a town/city in Orange County, California, United States.
San Clemente's town/city slogan is "Spanish Village by the Sea".
The pier in San Clemente at the end of Avenida Del Mar, part of the initial village created by Ole Hanson Another view of the San Clemente pier San Clemente beach view, December 17, 2013 Amtrak passes along the beach at San Clemente He titled the town/city after San Clemente Island, which in turn was titled by the explorer Vizcaino in 1602 after Saint Clement, whose feast day occurs on November 23, the day of Vizcaino's arrival on the island.
Hanson envisioned it as a Mediterranean-style coastal resort town, his "San Clemente by the Sea." He assembled enhance structures such as the Beach Club, the Community Center, the pier and San Clemente Plaza, now known as Max Berg Plaza Park, which were later donated to the city.
My San Clemente by the Sea." Soon after San Clemente was incorporated, the need for a "Fire House" was realized.
The headlines in San Clemente's first newspaper, El Heraldo de San Clemente June 1928 read: "Building to home small-town fire department will be constructed by prominent subscription and turned over to the town/city when completed!" Following his resignation, Nixon retired to San Clemente to write his memoirs.
A view of Santa Catalina Island, California from San Clemente.
San Clemente is positioned at 33 26 16 N 117 37 13 W (33.437828, 117.620397). San Clemente has a Mediterranean climate where temperatures tend to average in the 70s F.
Interstate 5 runs through San Clemente.
The Foothill Transportation Corridor has proposed to connect Mission Viejo to the Orange/San Diego county line, running along the east side of San Clemente and through San Onofre State Beach on its way to I-5.
Additionally, the town/city is served by trains by Amtrak and Metrolink between Los Angeles and San Diego, and which furnish beachside service in San Clemente.
San Clemente Civic Center The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that San Clemente had a populace of 63,522.
The ethnic makeup of San Clemente was 54,605 (86.0%) White (76.0% Non-Hispanic White), 411 (0.6%) African American, 363 (0.6%) Native American, 2,333 (3.7%) Asian, 90 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 3,433 (5.4%) from other competitions, and 2,287 (3.6%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 15,506 citizens (24.4%) under the age of 18, 5,006 citizens (7.9%) aged 18 to 24, 16,474 citizens (25.9%) aged 25 to 44, 18,122 citizens (28.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,414 citizens (13.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.
According to the 2010 United States Census, San Clemente had a median homehold income of $87,184, with 7.9% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. The Federal census statistics from the 2000 census reported that San Clemente had a populace of 49,936.
As of the city's 2010 census, there were 68,763 citizens and 25,514 housing units in the city.
Built in 1929, the Historic City Hall at 101 South El Camino Real in San Clemente, also known as the Easley Building, has never been used as a domicile for municipal government.
The following companies have their corporate command posts based in San Clemente: 3 City of San Clemente 306 A widespread new retail universal called The Outlets At San Clemente offers ocean-view shopping and bargains from well known brands in the form of an open roof, outside mall. Fundera ranked the town/city the 8th-best place in California for small company in a 2016 study. A view of the pier in San Clemente, a prominent surfing spot in the town/city San Clemente catches swells all year.
San Clemente is the surfing media capital of the world as well as a primary surfing destination.
It is home to Surfing Magazine, The Surfer's Journal, and Longboard Magazine, with Surfer Magazine an adjoining town/city San Juan Capistrano.
Additionally, various world-renowned surfers were raised in San Clemente or took up long-term residence in town, including Shane Beschen, Mike Parsons (originally from Laguna Beach).
San Clemente High School has won 6 out of 7 most recent NSSA nationwide surfing titles (the 7th title was won by Capistrano Connections Academy).
San Clemente voted in favor of Proposition 8 by 55.5% and for Proposition 4 by 52.2%. In the California State Legislature, San Clemente is in the 36th Senate District, represented by Republican Patricia Bates, and in the 73rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Bill Brough. In the United States House of Representatives, San Clemente is in California's 49th congressional district, represented by Republican Darrell Issa. San Clemente High School has an IB (International Baccalaureate) Program and a large number of advanced placement courses.
Students at San Clemente High School have proven to be well rounded and versatile, receiving academic accolades as well as hosting groups ranging from nationwide title winning dance squads to award-winning orchestras, bands, voice groups and one of the nation's most skilled athletic programs; these groups have even received opportunities to perform at various venues including Carnegie Hall (madrigals and orchestra), various venues in Hawaii (marching band), and many others.
San Clemente was the setting of the MTV reality show, Life of Ryan.
The town was chosen because it was especially close to the director Rian Johnson who lived there and went to San Clemente High School, which was the school depicted in the film.
The movie One of Her Own is based on incidents in and around San Clemente.
San Clemente is served by two newspapers, The Sun Post News (owned by the Orange County Register) and The San Clemente Times.
The Sun Post runs twice weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays and The San Clemente Times runs once weekly on Thursdays.
The town/city is also served by The San Clemente Patch, an online-only news website.
San Clemente is mentioned in the Tom Waits song "Diamonds on My Windshield" from the album The Heart of Saturday Night.
Ole Hanson, former mayor of Seattle and founder of San Clemente San Clemente is twinned with: Argentina San Clemente del Tuyu, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
City of San Clemente.
"San Clemente (city) Quick - Facts".
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City of San Clemente Demographic and Statistical Information "San Clemente's Historic City Hall for sale for $4 million, August 21, 2013".
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San Clemente, California - 1928 establishments in California - Cities in Orange County, California - Incorporated metros/cities and suburbs in California - Populated coastal places in California - Populated places established in 1925 - Populated places established in 1928
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