San Clemente, California

San Clemente is a coastal city in southern Orange County, California, in the United States, roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Diego. Its population was 64,293 at the 2020 census. The name, Spanish for Saint Clement, was given in 1925 after the Spanish colonial island, which was itself named for a first-century pope; that year the former Seattle mayor Ole Hanson, a large land developer, bought the land and planned the community. The city was incorporated in 1928 with a council-manager government. It is a popular tourist destination known for its beaches, its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and its hospitality industry, and uses the slogan Spanish Village by the Sea.