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Asheville
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county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Asheville is a city in North Carolina that serves as the county seat of Buncombe County, meaning it's the primary governmental and administrative center for the county. As a county seat, it hosts the county's main courts, government offices, and other administrative functions that serve the surrounding region.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Samuel Ashe
- Official name
- Asheville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Buncombe County
- Population
- 94589
- Area
- 117.151015
- Elevation
- 650
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Buncombe County
- Official website
- www.ashevillenc.gov
- Image
- Asheville Downtown panorama.jpg
- Households
- 39895
- Dialing code
- 828
- Significant event
- Hurricane Helene
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Asheville, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Asheville, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Asheville, North Carolina
- twinned administrative body
- Birnam
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Asheville, North Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Asheville, North Carolina
- inception
- 1797-00-00
- native label
- Asheville
- different from
- Asheboro
- P8168
- Chauvet
- water as percent of area
- 0.6615
- per capita income
- 35035
- postal code
- 28816
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Encyclopedic overview
Asheville (/ˈæʃ.vɪl/ ASH-vill) is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populous city in Western North Carolina and the state's 11th-most populous city with a population of 94,589 at the 2020 census. The four-county Asheville metropolitan area has an estimated 422,000 residents.
History
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