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is an independent city in Virginia, United States. The population is 11,200. This city is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. A much larger number of people reside in
and use Falls Church as their mailing addresses. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Falls Church (along with Fairfax City) with Fairfax County for statistical purposes.
Although two stations on the Washington Metro subway system have "Falls Church" in their names, neither lies within the City of Falls Church – one (East Falls Church) is actually in Arlington County and the other (West Falls Church) is in Fairfax County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.2 km²), all of it land.
Falls Church is the smallest county-level political subdivision in the United States by area. The smallest independent city by population in Virginia is the City of Norton.
mailing address, the city remains an independent city. Falls Church also borders Arlington County.