Asheville

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 (1,705 views/month, #63 of 9,394).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asheville is located in Buncombe County^[3].
• Asheville is in the country of United States^[4].
• Asheville's head of government is recorded as Esther Manheimer^[5].
• Asheville's image is recorded as Asheville Downtown panorama.jpg^[6].
• Asheville's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[7].
• Asheville's instance of is recorded as county seat^[8].
• Asheville's instance of is recorded as city in North Carolina^[9].
• Asheville's flag image is recorded as Flag of the City of Asheville, North Carolina.gif^[10].
• Samuel Ashe is named after Asheville^[11].
• Asheville's logo image is recorded as City of Asheville logo.svg^[12].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Saumur^[13].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vladikavkaz^[14].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Cristóbal de Las Casas^[15].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Karpenisi^[16].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Valladolid^[17].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Osogbo^[18].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dunkeld^[19].
• Asheville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Birnam^[20].
• Asheville's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168816176^[21].
• Asheville's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 244712693^[22].
• Asheville's GND ID is recorded as 4352239-7^[23].
• Asheville's locator map image is recorded as Buncombe County North Carolina incorporated and unincorporated areas Asheville highlighted.svg^[24].
• Asheville's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79063971^[25].
• Asheville's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15282962c^[26].
• Asheville's IdRef ID is recorded as 11072674X^[27].

Body

Founding

+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Asheville^[28].

Identity

Asheville's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asheville'}^[29]. Asheville's part of is recorded as Western North Carolina^[30].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Asheville include Asheville^[31], an airport^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1961^[34] and USS Asheville^[35], an attack submarine^[36].

Why It Matters

Asheville ranks in the top 0.67% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,705 views/month, #63 of 9,394).^[2] Asheville has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Asheville is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Asheville include Asheville^[31], an airport^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1961^[34] and USS Asheville^[35], an attack submarine^[36].