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| Full name | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | | Official name | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | | Settlement type | City | | Motto | Live, Work, Dream | | Country | United States | | State | Minnesota | | County | Hennepin | | Founded | 1858 | | Incorporated | 1960s | | Mayor | Phil Young | | Total Area | 35.2 sq mi (91.2 km2) | | Land Area | 32.4 sq mi (83.9 km2) | | Water Area | 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km2) | | Elevation | 886 ft (270.1 m) | | Total Population | 76906 (2010) | | Density (pop.) | 654.3/km2 (1695.1/sq mi) | | Urban (pop.) | 2367204 | | Metro (pop.) | 3175041 | | Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) | | - Summer (DST) | Central (CDT) (UTC-5) | | ZIP codes | 55344, 55346, 55347 | | Area code | 952 | | FIPS code | 27-18116 | | GNIS feature ID | 0643164 |
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Eden Prairie is an edge city 12 mi (19.3 km) southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County and the 12th largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the north bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River. As the seventh largest suburb, Eden Prairie and nearby suburbs form the southwest portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The U.S. Census Bureau recorded the city's population at 76,906 in 2010.
Comprising many large lakes and ponds, the city has more than 170 mi (273.6 km) of multi-use trails, 2250 acre (9.1 km2) of parks, and 1300 acre (5.3 km2) of open space. Previously a bedroom suburb in the 1960s, the city is now home to more than 2,200 businesses and the headquarters of Supervalu, ADC Telecommunications, MTS Systems Corporation, and the Minnesota Vikings. Regionally known for Eden Prairie Center, it is also the hub for SouthWest Transit, serving public transportation to three adjacent suburbs. Eden Prairie has been named one of Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live" in America since 2006, including a first place ranking in the 2010 survey.
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| Fortune 500 Company Headquarters |
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| Company |
Description |
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide |
shipping logistics |
| Supervalu |
grocery wholesale and retail conglomerate |
| Other Company Headquarters |
| Company |
Description |
| Technologies |
software systems for eldercare |
| ADC Telecommunications |
telecommunications and broadband hardware |
| Compellent |
storage area network (SAN) products |
| Digital River |
E-Commerce systems |
| Galaxy |
national golf accessory retail chain |
| Inc. |
automated operation and business intelligence software systems |
| Software |
Supply Chain Management Software |
| Nanoindentation |
Nanoindentation instrument manufacturing and testing services |
| Ontrack |
computer forensics software, data recovery software and services, legal technologies software and services. |
| Lenox Group |
manufacturer of porcelain china and collectables |
| Lifetouch |
school photography, church directories and portraits, JC Penney's and Target studios and Flash digital photography. |
| Minnesota Vikings |
NFL football team |
| MTS Systems Corporation |
Developers and Producers of world class automotive testing equipment. |
| Components |
NWC is an Independent Distributor of Electronic Components. |
| Inc. |
RAID, SAN, NAS, Archive & Data Recovery |
| ShopNBC |
television shopping channel |
| Starkey Laboratories |
Nation's largest hearing aid manufacturer |
| Stratasys |
Manufacturer of FDM rapid prototyping machines |
| Corp |
Consumer Finance Software (Daybreak) for entire automated lending operations. Owned by i-flex Solutions, Inc. |
| SurModics |
pharmaceutical delivery systems |
| Radiologic |
tele-radiological software and interpretation services |
| XATA |
fleet performance management |
| Xiotech |
data storage hardware solutions |
| Companies With Major Facilities |
| Company |
Description |
| Bose Group |
materials test instruments |
| Concur |
business expense management |
| Eaton Corporation, Division |
industrial hydraulics technologies |
| Management |
industrial measurement instrumentation, formerly Rosemount Engineering, now a division of Emerson |
| Fox Broadcasting Company |
studios for KMSP-TV and WFTC-TV |
| GE Capital Services |
commercial car leasing |
| HID Global |
identity/security card systems (formerly Fargo Electronics) |
| Stellent |
web content management software, recently acquired by Oracle Corporation |
| Commerce |
transportation management system software (formerly Nistevo) |
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