Charlottesville, Virginia

**Charlottesville** is a city in Virginia in the United States. It is named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, King George III's queen. As of 2020, 46,553 people lived there. In 2004, Charlottesville was named the best place to live in the United States in a book named _Cities Ranked and Rated._ Three American presidents have lived in Charlottesville, including Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. The University of Virginia is in Charlottesville. President Jefferson's home, Monticello, is also in Charlottesville. Both are popular places for people to visit.

In 2017, far-right political groups including the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, and Proud Boys held their Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. They did not want the city to take down a statue of Robert E. Lee. One man drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing a woman called Heather Heyer and injuring many others. United States President Donald Trump would later say there were "fine people" on both sides of the incident.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Charlottesville, Virginia
- **settlement type**: Independent city (United States), Independent city
- **image skyline**: Charlottesville Downtown Mall.jpg
- **image caption**: Charlottesville Downtown Mall
- **nicknames**: C'ville, Hoo-Ville
- **motto**: A great place to live for all of our citizens.
- **mapframe**: yes
- **mapframe-point**: none
- **pushpin map**: Virginia#USA
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **pushpin label**: Charlottesville
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of cities and counties in Virginia, County
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision name1**: Virginia
- **subdivision name2**: None (Independent city (United States), Independent city)
- **government type**: Council–manager
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Juandiego Wade, (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title2**: City manager
- **leader name2**: Samuel Sanders, Jr.
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1762
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 10.27
- **area total km2**: 26.60
- **area land sq mi**: 10.25
- **area land km2**: 26.55
- **area water sq mi**: 0.02
- **area water km2**: 0.05
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 46553
- **population density sq mi**: 4541.76
- **population density km2**: 1753.41
- **population metro**: 221524 (List of metropolitan statistical areas, 209th)
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **elevation m**: 181
- **elevation ft**: 594
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 22901–22908
- **area code**: Area code 434, 434
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 51-14968
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1498463
- **blank2 name**: Major roadways
- **blank2 info**:
- **blank3 name**: Waterways
- **blank3 info**: Rivanna River
- **blank4 name**: Public transit
- **blank4 info**: Charlottesville Area Transit, University Transit Service, JAUNT
- **blank5 name**: Rail service
- **blank5 info**: Cardinal (Amtrak), Cardinal, Crescent (Amtrak), Crescent, Northeast Regional
- **blank6 name**: Airport
- **blank6 info**: Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle
- **population demonym**: Charlottesvillian
- **named for**: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz