Asheville

Asheville
Asheville City Hall
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Location in North Carolina
Asheville
Basic data
Foundation :	1797
State :	United States
State :	North Carolina
County :	Buncombe County
Coordinates :	35 ° 35 ′  N , 82 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 35 ′  N , 82 ° 33 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants : -  Metropolitan Area :	89,121 (as of 2016) 452,319 (as of 2016)
Population density :	840.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	107.0 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 106.0 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	650 m
Postcodes :	28801-28816
Area code :	+1 828
FIPS :	37-02140
GNIS ID :	1018864
Website :	www.ci.asheville.nc.us
Mayor :	Esther Manheimer

Asheville is a city in Buncombe County in the US state of North Carolina .

geography

Asheville is located at the confluence of the Swannanoa River and the French Broad River at the western end of North Carolina , near the Tennessee border in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains .

Population development

year	Residents¹
2000	73,989
2010	83,418
2016	89.121

¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate

history

On January 27, 1798, Asheville was admitted to the United States . Until 1880, when it was connected to the railroad, the city was very remote, as it could only be reached by road through Tennessee. Between 1888 and 1895, the Biltmore Estate , which was then the largest private estate in the United States with a total area of ​​175,000 square feet (16,260 m²), was built. In 1929 the novel “Look Homeward, Angel!” By Thomas Wolfe was published , in which the citizens of Asheville (= Altamont) recognized themselves in a similar way as the people of Lübeck in Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks and were not just happy about it in a similar way. In 1938, Wolfe, the city's most famous son, was buried in the Asheville cemetery, which at that time was still adorned by some of his father's sculptures.

Twin cities

Asheville has six twin cities:

• Karpenisi , (Greece)
• San Cristóbal de las Casas , (Mexico)
• Saumur , (France)
• Valladolid (Yucatán) , (Mexico)
• Vladikavkaz , (Russia)
• Osogbo , (Nigeria)

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Zebulon Vance (1830-1894), politician, 37th and 43rd governors of North Carolina
• Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938), writer
• Edward Johnston Alexander (1901–1985), botanist
• Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901–1963), doctor, university professor and researcher
• Dan Moore (1906–1986), politician and 66th Governor of North Carolina
• Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), artist and painter
• Murphy Anderson (1926-2015), comic book artist
• Lewis M. Branscomb (* 1926), physicist, science politician and industry manager
• Joseph Tydings (1928–2018), politician
• Jack Ingram (* 1936), automobile racing driver
• Roberta Flack (* 1937), soul singer, pianist and songwriter
• Bill Hendon (1944-2018), politician
• Andrea Lawrence (* 1946), computer scientist and university lecturer
• Franklin Graham (* 1952), son of the well-known evangelical preacher Billy Graham
• Warren Haynes (* 1960), rock and blues guitarist
• Bellamy Young (born 1970), actress
• Paul Schneider (* 1976), actor
• Karl Anderson (born 1980), wrestler
• Chase Rice (born 1986), country singer

Personalities who lived or worked in the city

• Daliah Lavi (1942–2017), Israeli singer, lived with her US husband in Asheville since the early 1990s.
• Adam Joseph Copeland (* 1973), professional wrestler ("Edge").
• Robert Moog (1934–2005), developer and builder of the Moog synthesizer, lived and worked in Asheville from 1989 until his death. Moog Music , which he re-founded , is based in Asheville.

Climate table

Asheville, North Carolina
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     83   8th -4     99   10 -3     118   15th 2     85   20th 6th     113   24 11     107   27 15th     115   28 17th     119   28 17th     98   25th 13     91   20th 6th     91   15th 2     89   10 -2 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce ; wetterkontor.de

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Asheville, North Carolina Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 8.1 10.0 15.1 19.9 23.9 26.9 28.3 27.8 24.9 20.2 15.2 10.2 O 19.3 Min. Temperature (° C) −4.0 −2.6 1.9 5.9 10.5 14.6 17.1 16.6 13.1 6.4 2.1 −1.9 O 6.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 82.6 99.3 117.6 85.3 112.5 107.4 114.8 119.1 98.3 91.2 91.2 89.4 Σ 1,208.7 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.7 6.4 7.2 8.4 8.5 8.9 8.3 7.3 6.9 7.1 6.0 5.4 O 7.2 Rainy days ( d ) 7.6 7.9 9.4 7.7 9.8 8.7 10.0 9.9 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.6 Σ 100.8 Humidity ( % ) 73 70 68 66 75 79 82 84 84 78 75 74 O 75.7 Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce ; wetterkontor.de

Web links

Commons : Asheville, North Carolina  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
• Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Asheville as a themed issue of the NZZ Folio magazine

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sister cities Asheville ( Memento of August 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )