Belleville, Ontario
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 Cityscape |
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| Province : | Ontario | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 10 ′ N , 77 ° 23 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 246.76 km² | ||
| Residents : | 49,454 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 200.4 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Postal code : | K8N, K8P, K8R | ||
| Area code : | +1 613,343 | ||
| Foundation : | 1866 | ||
| Mayor : | Neil Ellis | ||
| Website : | www.city.belleville.on.ca | ||
 Belleville City Hall |
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Belleville [ ˈbɛlvɪl ] is a city in Ontario , Canada and has about 49,454 inhabitants (as of 2011).
Belleville is located on Highway 401 between the Canadian cities of Toronto (192 km away) and Montréal (356 km) and about 20 km from Lake Ontario . The capital of Canada, Ottawa , is 140 miles away.
history
The oldest known settlement was the Indian village of Asaukhknosk , which was replaced by a French mission called Kente . Thereafter it was named Thurlow Village , Singleton's Creek, and Meyers' Creek after prominent residents .
The visit of the then Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, Sir Francis Gore and his wife in the spring of 1816 finally inspired the residents to change the name of the settlement in honor of the beautiful woman in Belleville .
economy
Manufacturing is a major part of the city's economy. Several larger international manufacturing companies have their headquarters in Belleville. a. Procter & Gamble , Kellogg's , Streamline Foods, Autosystems, Amer Sports Canada , Sears and Avaya . The city is about a 15-minute drive from Canada's largest military base. The 8th Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force is stationed in the military area of the airport on Canadian Forces Base Trenton (CFB Trenton) . The airport is also open to civil air traffic.
In 1907 the Corby whiskey distillery burned down, but was reconstructed and later became the property of the Hiram Walker company . The most famous whiskey from the Corby distillery is the Royal Reserve .
Town twinning
The city has the following twin cities
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Germany , Lahr - since 1971 -
South Korea , Gunpo - since 1996 -
People's Republic of China , Zhucheng - since 1996
Personalities
- Drew Bannister (born 1974), ice hockey player
- Dan Bain (1874–1962), ice hockey player
- Dickie Boon (1878–1961), ice hockey player
- Gregory Butler (* 1940), pianist and music teacher
- Nick Cousins (* 1993), ice hockey player
- Brett Hull (born 1964), Canadian-American ice hockey player for the NHL
- Aislinn Hunter (* 1969), writer
- Frances Itani (* 1942), writer and poet
- Avril Lavigne (* 1984), rock singer and songwriter (only born in Belleville, raised in Napanee )
- Elizabeth Manley (born 1965), figure skater
- Norm Maracle (* 1974), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Curtis Nowosad (* 1988), jazz musician
- Brian Orser (born 1961), figure skater
- Andrew Raycroft (born 1980), ice hockey player
- Brad Richardson (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Nancy Anne Sakovich (born 1961), actress
- Andrew Shaw (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Harry Leslie Smith (1923-2018), British author, political commentator and human rights activist
- Ed Westfall (born 1940), ice hockey player
- Deryck Whibley (* 1980), lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the band Sum 41
- Tim, Nick and Matt from the emocore band Shotmaker
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Belleville - Census 2011 , accessed December 25, 2012
- ^ Belleville - Major Industries , accessed December 25, 2012
- ^ Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 147.
- ^ Belleville - Sister Cities , accessed December 25, 2012