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Bellevue
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Bellevue

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Bellevue, city, King county, western Washington, U.S., on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, there bridged to Seattle. The city developed as a primarily residential part of the Puget Sound urban area but now has a bustling commercial aspect as well. Numerous retail trade centres, office complexes, and light manufacturing facilities draw workers from throughout the area. Truck and berry farms lie to the east. The small town of Beaux Arts Village, immediately to the south, was founded in 1908 as an arts colony. Bellevue Community College was opened in 1966. Inc. 1953. Pop. (2010) 122,363; Seattle-Bellevue-Everett Metro Division, 2,644,584; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metro Area, 3,439,809; (2020) 151,854; Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Metro Division, 3,097,632; Seattle-Bellevue-Everett Metro Division, 4,018,762.

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