Editing Vienna, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Vienna postal area and city limits.png|thumb|The Vienna [[ZIP Code|postal area]] (in pink) compared to the [[city limits|town limits]] (in red)]]
Vienna is located at {{Coord|38|54|N|77|16|W|type:city}} (38.8991, &minus;77.2607), at an elevation of {{convert|358|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref name="GR3" /><ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It lies in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] approximately {{convert|5.5|mi|km}} southwest of the [[Potomac River]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Piedmont province | work = The Geology of Virginia | publisher = [[The College of William & Mary]] Department of Geology | url = http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/piedmont/piedmont.html | access-date = July 22, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807090340/http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/piedmont/piedmont.html | archive-date = August 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name=CountyMap>{{cite web | title = Fairfax County Transportation Plan | publisher = Fairfax County Department of Transportation | date = October 2006 | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/TPM_020108v34.pdf | access-date = July 22, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100714122520/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/TPM_020108v34.pdf | archive-date = July 14, 2010 }}</ref> Wolftrap Creek, a tributary of nearby [[Difficult Run]], flows north from its source in the eastern part of town. The Bear Branch of [[Accotink Creek]], a Potomac tributary, flows south from its source in the southern part of town.<ref name=CountyMap/> Located in [[Northern Virginia]] on [[Interstate 66]], Vienna is {{convert|12|mi|km}} west of [[Washington, D.C.]], and {{convert|2|mi|km}} northeast of [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], the [[county seat]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Virginia Official State Transportation Map | publisher = [[Virginia Department of Transportation]] | url = http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/maps-state.asp | access-date = July 22, 2011}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|4.4|mi2|km2}}, all of it land. As a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.]], Vienna is a part of both the [[Washington metropolitan area]] and the larger [[Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area]]. It is bordered on all sides by other Washington suburbs, including: [[Wolf Trap, Virginia|Wolf Trap]] to the north, [[Tysons Corner, Virginia|Tysons Corner]] to the northeast, [[Dunn Loring, Virginia|Dunn Loring]] to the east, [[Merrifield, Virginia|Merrifield]] to the south, and [[Oakton, Virginia|Oakton]] to the west.<ref>{{cite web| title = Virginia: 2000 - Population and Housing Counts | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]] | url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-48.pdf | date = October 2003 | access-date = July 22, 2011}}</ref> These communities are [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]], and portions of them lie in ZIP codes with Vienna postal addresses despite lying outside the town's borders.<ref>{{cite web | title = County of Virginia&nbsp;— Postal ZIP Codes | publisher = Fairfax County Department of Information Technology&nbsp;— GIS and Mapping Services Branch | date = July 2007 | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/ZIP_Codes_2007.pdf | access-date = July 22, 2011 | archive-date = July 13, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120713060432/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/ZIP_Codes_2007.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>