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Overview

Fremont is a sprawling suburban city in the southern part of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the 4th largest city in the Bay Area by population. Fremont is in the southern part of Alameda County, California, between Union City to the north, Sunol and the hills to the east, Milpitas and Santa Clara County to the south, and the San Francisco Bay to the west. The city of Newark, near the edge of the Bay, is surrounded by the city of Fremont.

Fremont industry is not particularly large relative to other parts of the Bay Area, but neither is it a bedroom community. Many people in Fremont work locally in the electronics and high-tech industry, while many others commute to Silicon Valley or San Francisco locations for work. Fremont, however, is growing again and attracting more and larger businesses; for example, Tesla Motors has taken over the former NUMMI factory owned by Toyota and General Motors. In 2012, Fremont was ranked the top U.S. city for technology startups per capita.

The city is home to one of California's "original Hollywood's", the Niles district where many of Charlie Chaplin and other silent movie era stars established their careers. It is also home to one of California's missions, and many other interesting destinations.

The City of Fremont is named after Civil War general John Charles Fremont, who prior to the war in the mid 1840s had mapped a trail to Mission San Jose to provide access for American settlers into the southeastern San Francisco Bay Area. John Fremont was one of California's first senators and went on to be the first U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party.

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Fun Facts

  1. There are over 25 Indian restaurants and stores in Fremont.
  2. Fremont is where all the movie entertainment magic happened before Hollywood became Hollywood
  3. Fremont has its own "Bollywood" film theater.
  4. Silent film icon Charlie Chaplin filmed five movies at the Edison Theater in the Niles District in Fremont.
  5. Fewer than 10% of the population of Fremont smoke.

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