Butte County

Butte County is in the region of . The county is named for the Marysville Buttes that are actually found in neighboring Sutter County. Butte County is a rural destination featuring rolling hills, rivers, and large agricultural areas.
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is in Butte County in . is the cultural and economic center of the northern Sacramento Valley, as well as the largest city in California north of Sacramento.

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is a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern . With a population in the greater urban area of 40,000, it is the seat of Butte County.

Butte County

Latitude of center
39.6519° or 39° 39′ 7″ north
Longitude of center
-121.5858° or 121° 35′ 9″ west
Population
220,000
Elevation
820 feet (250 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316944778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5332191
Wiki­data ID
Q156181
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Butte County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Butte County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بوت
  • Arabic: مقاطعه بوت، كاليفورنيا
  • Armenian: Բյուտ մարզ
  • Armenian: Բյուտ շրջան
  • Asturian: Butte (condáu)
  • Asturian: condáu de Butte
  • Azerbaijani: Byutt qraflığı
  • Azerbaijani: Byutt
  • Basque: Butte konderria
  • Bavarian: Butte County, Kalifornien
  • Bavarian: Butte County
  • Bishnupriya: বাট্টে কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
  • Bishnupriya: বাট্টে কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Бют
  • Catalan: Comtat de Butte
  • Cebuano: Butte County
  • Central Kurdish: ناوچەی بیوت
  • Chechen: Бьютт
  • Chinese: Butte Kūn
  • Chinese: 布尤特縣
  • Chinese: 布尤特郡
  • Chinese: 布特縣
  • Chinese: 布特郡
  • Chinese: 比尤特县
  • Czech: Butte County
  • Danish: Butte County
  • Dutch: Butte County
  • Esperanto: kantono Butte
  • Esperanto: Kantono Butte
  • Finnish: Butten piirikunta
  • French: Comte de Butte
  • French: comté de Butte
  • French: Comté de Butte
  • Galician: Condado de Butte, California
  • Galician: Condado de Butte
  • Georgian: ბიუტის ოლქი
  • German: Butte County
  • Gilaki: بیوت ٚ شأرستان
  • Hebrew: מחוז בוטה
  • Hungarian: Butte megye
  • Icelandic: Butte County
  • Icelandic: Butte-sýsla
  • Irish: Contae Butte, California
  • Irish: Contae Butte
  • Italian: Butte County
  • Italian: contea di Butte
  • Italian: Contea di Butte
  • Japanese: ビュート・カウンティ
  • Japanese: ビュート郡
  • Korean: 뷰트군
  • Latin: Butte Comitatus
  • Limburgan: Butte County
  • Lithuanian: Bjuto apygarda
  • Low German: Butte County
  • Malayalam: ബട്ട് കൗണ്ടി, കാലിഫോർണിയ
  • Malayalam: ബട്ട് കൗണ്ടി
  • Marathi: ब्यूट काउंटी
  • Mazanderani: بیوت شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)
  • Mazanderani: بیوت شهرستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Butte Kūn
  • Northern Frisian: Butte County
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Butte County i California
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Butte County
  • Norwegian: Butte County
  • Pampanga: Butte County, California
  • Pampanga: Butte County
  • Persian: شهرستان بوت، کالیفرنیا
  • Persian: شهرستان بوت
  • Persian: شهرستان بیوت، کالیفرنیا
  • Persian: شهرستان بیوت
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Butte
  • Portuguese: Butte County
  • Portuguese: Condado de Butte
  • Russian: Бьютт
  • Sardinian: contea de Butte
  • Serbian: Округ Бјут
  • Serbo-Croatian: Butte County, California
  • Serbo-Croatian: Butte County
  • Slovenian: Butte County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Butte
  • Spanish: Butte County California
  • Spanish: Butte County
  • Spanish: Condado de Butte (California)
  • Spanish: Condado de Butte
  • Swedish: Butte County, Kalifornien
  • Swedish: Butte County
  • Tagalog: Butte County
  • Tagalog: Kondado ng Butte, California
  • Tatar: Бьютт (округ, Калифорния)
  • Tatar: Бьютт
  • Tumbuka: Butte County, California
  • Tumbuka: Butte County
  • Turkish: Butte County, CA
  • Turkish: Butte County, Calif.
  • Turkish: Butte County, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Butte County
  • Turkish: Butte ilçesi, CA
  • Turkish: Butte ilçesi, Calif.
  • Turkish: Butte ilçesi, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Butte İlçesi, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Butte ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Б’ютт
  • Ukrainian: Бютт
  • Urdu: بوٹ کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا
  • Venetian: contea de Butte
  • Vietnamese: Quận Butte, California
  • Vietnamese: Quận Butte
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Butte, California
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Butte
  • Welsh: Butte County, Califfornia
  • Welsh: Butte County
  • Western Panjabi: بوٹے کاؤنٹی
  • Yue Chinese: 布特縣
  • Butte

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