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Charlottesville

Charlottesville, in central , is a lovely university town of about 40,000 with lots to offer. Charlottesville is a town steeped in history and culture.
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  • Type: City with 43,500 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Charlottesville, VA”, “Charlottesville, Virginia”, “Charlottesvle”, and “Cville”
  • Postal codes: 22902-22908 and 22910

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monticello and Paramount Theater.

Museum
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was the primary residence and plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States.

Theater building
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The in Charlottesville, , , was designed by Rapp and Rapp and opened in 1931 as a movie theater. The Paramount continued showing movies until it closed in 1974.

Museum
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The is an art museum at the University of Virginia. Before 2012, it was known as the University of Virginia Art Museum. It occupies the historic Thomas H.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include University of Virginia and Pantops.

Village
is a census-designated place in , United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 7,704.

Village
is a census-designated place in , United States.

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. It is directly northeast of Charlottesville.

Charlottesville

Latitude
38.0293° or 38° 1′ 46″ north
Longitude
-78.4767° or 78° 28′ 36″ west
Population
43,500
Elevation
466 feet (142 metres)
IATA airport code
CHO
United Nations Location Code
US CHO
Open location code
87C32GHF+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158574313
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4752031
Wiki­data ID
Q123766
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Charlottesville” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شارلوتسفيل”
  • Armenian: “Շառլոթսվիլ”
  • Basque: “Charlottesville”
  • Bavarian: “Charlottesville City”
  • Bavarian: “Charlottesville”
  • Belarusian: “Шарлатсвіл”
  • Belarusian: “Шарлотсвіль”
  • Breton: “Charlottesville”
  • Bulgarian: “Шарлътсвил”
  • Catalan: “Charlottesville”
  • Cebuano: “Charlottesville”
  • Chechen: “Шарлотсвилл”
  • Chinese: “Charlottesville”
  • Chinese: “夏律第鎮”
  • Chinese: “夏洛特鎮”
  • Chinese: “夏洛茨维尔”
  • Chinese: “夏洛蒂鎮”
  • Czech: “Charlottesville”
  • Dagbani: “Charlottesville”
  • Danish: “Charlottesville”
  • Dutch: “Charlottesville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شارلوتسفيل”
  • Esperanto: “Charlottesville”
  • Estonian: “Charlottesville”
  • Finnish: “Charlottesville”
  • French: “Charlottesville”
  • French: “Municipalité de Charlottesville”
  • Galician: “Charlottesville”
  • Georgian: “შარლოტსვილი”
  • German: “Charlottesville”
  • Gilaki: “شارلؤتزويل (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “شارلؤتزويل”
  • Greek: “Σάρλοτσβιλ”
  • Haitian: “Charlottesville, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Charlottesville”
  • Hebrew: “שארלוטסוויל”
  • Hungarian: “Charlottesville”
  • Indonesian: “Charlottesville, Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Charlottesville”
  • Irish: “Charlottesville, Virginia”
  • Irish: “Charlottesville”
  • Italian: “Charlottesville”
  • Japanese: “シー・ヴィル”
  • Japanese: “シャーロッツヴィル”
  • Japanese: “シャーロッツビル”
  • Japanese: “スィー・ヴィル”
  • Korean: “샬러츠빌”
  • Ladin: “Charlottesville”
  • Lithuanian: “Šarlotsvilis”
  • Low German: “Charlottesville”
  • Luxembourgish: “Charlottesville”
  • Macedonian: “Шарлотсвил”
  • Malagasy: “Charlottesville, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Charlottesville”
  • Marathi: “शार्लट्सव्हिल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Charlottesville”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charlottesville”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Charlottesville”
  • Norwegian: “Charlottesville”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ceorlettesfyll”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ceorletteswīc”
  • Ossetian: “Шарлотсвилл”
  • Persian: “شارلوتزویل، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “شارلوتزویل”
  • Polish: “Charlottesville”
  • Portuguese: “Charlottesville, Virgínia”
  • Portuguese: “Charlottesville”
  • Romanian: “Charlottesville, VA”
  • Romanian: “Charlottesville, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Charlottesville”
  • Romanian: “Cville”
  • Russian: “Шарлотсвилл”
  • Russian: “Шарлоттсвилль”
  • Serbian: “Шарлотсвил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charlottesville”
  • Silesian: “Charlottesville”
  • Slovak: “Charlottesville”
  • Slovenian: “Charlottesville”
  • Spanish: “Charlottesville (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Charlottesville”
  • Swedish: “Charlottesville”
  • Tatar: “Шарлотсвилл”
  • Turkish: “Charlottesville”
  • Ukrainian: “Шарлотсвілл”
  • Urdu: “شارلوٹزویل، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “شارلوٹزویل”
  • Uzbek: “Charlottesville”
  • Vietnamese: “Charlottesville, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Charlottesville”
  • Volapük: “Charlottesville”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Charlottesville, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Charlottesville”
  • Welsh: “Charlottesville, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Charlottesville”

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