Asheville is a city where the qu ality of life is high, the weather is mild and the people are friendly. Thousands of acres of national park land are swept with color in the fall.
Winters sparkle with snow-capped mountains.
In spring and summer, blooms of rhododendron, dogwood, azalea, and mountain laurel paint the landscape. Located on a plateau divided by the French Broad River, Asheville is 2,340 feet in elevation, is the seat of Buncombe County, is 25 square miles in area, and is surrounded by mountains, many with elevations above 5,000 feet. Buncombe County covers 659.33 square miles. The average elevation is 2,216 feet above sea level. Asheville, located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers, and is the economic and cultural center of Western North Carolina.