Torrington is the most populated municipality and forlorn city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Northwest Hills region. It is also the core city of Greater Torrington, one of the largest micropolitan areas in the United States. The city population was 35,515 according to the 2020 census. The city is located almost 23 miles (37 km) west of Hartford, 34 miles (55 km) southwest of Springfield, Massachusetts, 67 miles (108 km) southeast of Albany, New York, 84 miles (135 km) northeast of New York City, and 127 miles (204 km) west of Boston, Massachusetts.

Torrington is a former mill town, as are most new towns along the Naugatuck River Valley. Downtown Torrington is house to the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, which trains ballet dancers and whose Company performs in the Warner Theatre, a 1,700-seat showground built in 1931 as a cinema by the Warner Brothers film studio. Downtown Torrington hosts the largest Lodge of Elks in New England. Elks Lodge #372 supports many community activities and events. Downtown Torrington after that hosts KidsPlay, a children’s museum which was founded in 2012 and expanded their location in 2015 after purchasing the bordering building

Torrington has two radio stations, WAPJ 89.9 FM, operated by the non-profit Torrington Community Radio Foundation, and WSNG 610 AM, owned by Buckley Broadcasting.

Torrington has two daily newspapers. The Republican-American, which circulates a Litchfield County edition and has a bureau on Franklin Street, and The Register Citizen, which serves Torrington and Winsted, in complement to most of the Northwest Corner. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital has in addition to developed into an important health care resource for the area. In 2008, Torrington was named by Bizjournals as the number one “Dreamtown” (micropolitan statistical area) out of ten in the United States to flesh and blood in.