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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Bergen |government_footnotes = 〔 |government_type = Borough |governing_body = Borough Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Richard LaBarbiera (term ends December 31, 2018)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed January 13, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Administrator |leader_name1 = Joseph O. D'Arco〔(Administration ), Borough of Paramus. Accessed July 18, 2012.〕 |leader_title2 = Clerk |leader_name2 = Toni Falato〔(Borough Clerk ), Borough of Paramus. Accessed July 18, 2012.〕 |established_title = Incorporated |established_date = April 4, 1922 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 27.246 |area_land_km2 = 27.117 |area_water_km2 = 0.129 |area_total_sq_mi = 10.520 |area_land_sq_mi = 10.470 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.050 |area_water_percent = 0.47 |area_rank = 205th of 566 in state 2nd of 70 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Paramus borough, Bergen County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 25, 2011.〕〔〔(Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Paramus borough ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 25, 2011.〕 |population_total = 26342 |population_rank = 93rd of 566 in state 8th of 70 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State – County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 20, 2012.〕 |population_density_km2 = 971.4 |population_density_sq_mi = 2516.0 |population_density_rank = 249th of 566 in state 50th of 70 in county〔 |population_est = 26832 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 8, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 49 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |latd = 40.947309 |longd = -74.070989 |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 07652-07653〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Paramus, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed November 24, 2011.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed August 29, 2013.〕 |area_code = 201〔(Area Code Lookup – NPA NXX for Paramus, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed August 29, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3400355950〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed May 23, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0885340〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} Paramus ( , with the accent on the second syllable〔Wagoner, Walier H. ("Paramus Is Honored in Clean-Up Contest; Bergen Town Happy but Not Surprised by National Award" ), ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Paramus – pronounced pah-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for 'land of the turkey'."〕) is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 26,342,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 605 (+2.4%) from the 25,737 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 670 (+2.7%) from the 25,067 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed July 18, 2012.〕 A suburb of New York City, Paramus is located northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately west of Upper Manhattan. In 2013, it was named as a "New Jersey Healthy Town" under the state's Mayor’s Wellness Campaign.〔Wassel, Bryan. ("Paramus fit to be named 'healthy town'" ), ''Town News'', March 6, 2013. Accessed October 24, 2014. "The Borough of Paramus has been leading the way for improved public health in Bergen County, taking part in the Mayor's Wellness Campaign (MWC) and being designated the state's 15th 'New Jersey Healthy Town.'"〕 Paramus was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1922, and ratified by a referendum held on April 4, 1922, that passed by a vote of 238 for and 10 against.〔〔(Paramus History ), Borough of Paramus. Accessed June 1, 2015.〕 Paramus was created from portions of Midland Township, which now exists as Rochelle Park.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 84. Accessed July 18, 2012.〕〔Staff. (''Acts of the One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of New Jersey'' ), pp. 81-83. New Jersey Secretary of State, 1922. Accessed October 17, 2015. "An Act to incorporate the borough of Paramus, in the county of Bergen"〕 The name is usually said to be of Native American origin, derived from words meaning "land of the turkey"〔 or meaning "pleasant stream"〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 8, 2015.〕 The borough is one of the largest shopping destinations in the country, generating over $5 billion in annual retail sales,〔Snow, Violet. ("Paramus appeal goes beyond retail" ), ''The Record (Bergen County)'', January 16, 2011. Accessed January 23, 2011.〕〔Lanyard, Chuck. ("Forget Beverly Hills, Paramus is the place to shop" ), ''Real Estate Weekly'' via The Free Library, September 14, 2005. Accessed October 24, 2014. "Paramus annually records the largest dollar volume in retail sales—more than $5 billion—than any other zip code in the United/States. Paramus attains this astounding figure even with its Blue Laws, which require most business's to shut their doors on Sundays."〕 more than any other ZIP code in the United States.〔Adams, laura. ("Billion-Dollar Bergen: Retail reigns supreme throughout the county" ), Bergen.com, February 4, 2011. Accessed October 24, 2014. "Today, Paramus boasts the single-largest retail zip code in the nation with its four major malls (Paramus Park Mall, Westfield Garden State Plaza, The Fashion Center and Bergen Town Center) and hundreds of specialty stores."〕〔Braff, Jason. ("Shoplifting up in retail's top zip code" ), ''The Record (Bergen County)'', January 7, 2010. Accessed March 11, 2013.〕 Paramus has more limited shopping hours, as it has some of the most restrictive blue laws in the nation (even stricter than those prevailing in the rest of Bergen County), banning nearly all retail and white-collar businesses from opening on Sundays. The only exceptions are gas stations, restaurants and grocery stores, and a limited number of other businesses.〔Tompkins, John ("Sunday Selling Plaguing New Jersey" ), ''The New York Times'', June 2, 1957. Accessed July 18, 2012. "The battle over whether retailers should be allowed to sell on Sunday is becoming more intense in New Jersey as lobbyists on both sides increase their efforts."〕 More than 63% of Bergen County voters rejected a referendum on the ballot in 1993 that would have repealed the county's blue laws, though the Paramus restrictions would have remained in place.〔Staff. ("THE 1993 ELECTIONS: Ballots Measures; New Brooms Sweep In Power of Recall and Term Limits as Well as Candidates" ), ''The New York Times'', November 4, 1993. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Residents of Bergen County decided that they wanted to keep the state's only countywide blue laws, which prohibit most shopping on Sunday. Voters rejected the effort to repeal the laws by 63 percent to 37 percent, with 99 percent of the county's precincts reporting."〕 ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine ranked Paramus as its 21st best place to live in its 2013 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.〔Staff. ("Top Towns—Alphabetical ListFor your convenience, we've put all 514 New Jersey municipalities in alphabetical order, along with their county and overall rank." ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 3, 2013. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕 According to a recent NerdWallet survey, the sixth-best place to start a business in New Jersey is Paramus.〔Todd, Jonathan. ("Best Places to Start a Business in New Jersey" ), NerdWallet, August 24, 2015, updated August 25, 2015. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 10.520 square miles (27.246 km2), including 10.470 square miles (27.117 km2) of land and 0.050 square miles (0.129 km2) of water (0.47%).〔〔 The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Emerson, Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Maywood, Oradell, Ridgewood, River Edge, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook and Washington Township.〔(Areas touching Paramus ), MapIt. Accessed January 8, 2015.〕 Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Arcola, Bergen Place and Spring Valley.〔(Locality Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paramus, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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