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The Biltmore House on Biltmore Estate, with more than 250 rooms, was built as a private residence complete with indoor pool and bowling alley. Modern tourists, who often come to see the adjacent gardens, enjoy a similar view to this 1902 photo.
Asheville is a city located in Buncombe County, North Carolina 6, and is its county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,889. It is the largest city in western North Carolina.
Asheville is located at the confluence of the Swannanoa River into the French Broad River, which continues all the way northwest through the Appalachian MountainsThe Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec. The system is divided into to Knoxville in TennesseeTennessee ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Volunteer State Other U. States Capital Nashville Largest City Memphis Governor Phil Bredesen Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 36th 109,247 km˛ 106,846 km˛ 2,400 km˛ 2. 2% Population Total ( 2000) Den. Being in a very mountainThis article is about the landform. For other meanings, see Mountain (disambiguation). Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally much higher and steous area, its weatherWeather comprises all the various phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of a planet. On Earth the regular events include wind, storms, rain, and snow, which occur in the troposphere or the lower part of the atmosphere. Weather is driven by energy from th tends to be somewhat irregular and unpredictable, though morningThe word morning referred originally to the sunrise, but has been extended to mean the whole early part of the day, from dawn to noon. Often the start of morning is extended before dawn, this time is considered the small hours wee small hours of the morni fogFor the abbreviation, see FOG For the B-Side by Radiohead see Fog (song . Carrollton, Georgia, but the sky remains clear. Fog is cloud in contact with the ground. It occurs when moisture form the surface of the Earth evaporates; as this evaporated moistur in the valleyThis article is about the physical-geographic term. For places named "Valley" see Valley (disambiguation). Fljotsdalur in East- Iceland A valley is a landform, typically at least a few square miles (kilometers) but often hundreds or even thousands of squa is quite common. Its climate has the typical hot and humid summers of the southeastern U.S., but the temperature difference is more appreciable in the winter, when Asheville almost always receives snow (and sometimes freezing rain) a few times each year.
The city is best known for the lavish Biltmore Estate, which attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. It is also extremely popular in the autumn when fall foliage peaks in October. The scenic Blue Ridge Parkway also runs through town and the estate. Biltmore Village is a section of the city adjacent to the estate, where workers stayed during its construction. Author Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald lived and worked in Asheville during some of his literary career. His wife, Zelda, died in a fire in an Asheville sanitarium in 1948.
In 2003, alleged bomber Eric Robert Rudolph was transported to Asheville from Murphy, North Carolina for arraignment in federal court. In September 2004, major flooding was reported in town, particularly at Biltmore Village, due to rains from the remnants of Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan.
Asheville is served by Asheville Regional Airport in nearby Fletcher, North Carolina, and by Interstate 40 and Interstate 26.