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Asheville

county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
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Summary

Asheville is a city in the United States[1]. Asheville ranks in the top 0.67% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,418 views/month, #63 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Buncombe County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Esther Manheimer[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6], city in North Carolina[7]
  • Named after: Samuel Ashe[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Saumur[9], Vladikavkaz[10], San Cristóbal de Las Casas[11], Karpenisi[12], Valladolid[13], Osogbo[14], Dunkeld[15], Birnam[16]
  • Postal code: 28801[17], 28802[18], 28803[19], 28804[20], 28805[21], 28806[22], 28810[23], 28813[24], 28814[25], 28815[26], 28816[27]
  • Part of: Western North Carolina[28]
  • Commons category: Asheville, North Carolina[29]
  • Local dialing code: 828[30]
  • Inception: 1797[31]
  • Significant event: Hurricane Helene[32]
  • Official website: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Asheville, North Carolina[34]
  • Population: 89,121[35], 83,393[36], 94,589[37]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Asheville, North Carolina[38]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], The New Student's Reference Work[41]
  • Capital of: Buncombe County[42]
  • Official name: Asheville[43]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Asheville, North Carolina[44]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Asheville, North Carolina[45]
  • Number of households: 39,895[46]
  • Native label: Asheville[47]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Asheville, North Carolina[48]
  • Owner of: McCormick Field[49]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 118.902033 km²[50] and 117.151015 km²[51]. Asheville sits at an elevation of 650 m[52].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Asheville include Asheville[53], an airport[54], in United States[55], founded in 1961[56] and USS Asheville[57], an attack submarine[58].

Why It Matters

Asheville has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Asheville is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for Asheville include Asheville[53], an airport[54], in United States[55], founded in 1961[56] and USS Asheville[57], an attack submarine[58].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . ashevillenc.gov. Retrieved . ashevillenc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . avltoday.6amcity.com. avltoday.6amcity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . avltoday.6amcity.com. avltoday.6amcity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . avltoday.6amcity.com. avltoday.6amcity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . avltoday.6amcity.com. avltoday.6amcity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . avltoday.6amcity.com. avltoday.6amcity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . avltoday.6amcity.com. avltoday.6amcity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . avltoday.6amcity.com. avltoday.6amcity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [50] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  50. [51] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · 636Buster · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 63
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'ba', 'bg', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cy', 'dag', 'de
    Image → Asheville, North Carolina.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Asheville, North Carolina.jpg"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Buncombe County
    Topic's main category → Category:Asheville, North Carolina
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+650'}
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: asheville, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914153|asheville (#289914153)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
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