๐บ๐ธ Eau Claire is a city mostly located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat, and with a small portion in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It is the state's eighth-largest city. Eau Claire is the principal city of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, locally known as the Chippewa Valley, and is also part of the larger Eau Claire-Menomonie Combined Statistical Area.
Eau Claire is at the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers on traditional Ojibwe, Dakota, and Ho-Chunk land. The area's first permanent European American settlers arrived in 1845, and Eau Claire was incorporated as a city in 1872. The city's early growth came from its extensive logging and timber industries. After Eau Claire's lumber industry declined in the early 20th century, the city's economy diversified to encompass manufacturing and Eau Claire became an educational centre with the opening of the University of WisconsinโEau Claire in 1916. Eau Claire is also a regional commercial and business centre and home to the headquarters of home improvement store chain Menards.
Eau Claire is known regionally for its arts and music scenes and is the hometown of indie folk band Bon Iver, whose lead singer Justin Vernon co-curates the city's annual Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival. Eau Claire is the second fastest-growing major city in Wisconsin after Madison, with 5.4% population growth between 2010 and 2020.
Economy Eau Claire styles itself as the "horseradish capital of the world", due to the presence of Silver Spring Foods, the world's largest grower and producer of horseradish. The climate, with its cool winters, is conducive to the horseradish crop. Other significant crops grown in the area are apples, pumpkins and plums. Menards, a Midwestern chain of home improvement stores owned by Wisconsin native John Menard Jr., is headquartered in Eau Claire.
Eau Claire has a population of over 68,866 people. Eau Claire also forms one of the centres of the wider Eau Claire-Menomonie metropolitan area which has a population of over 214,672 people.
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๐ฆ๐บ Lismore, Australia ๐จ๐ท Miramar, Costa Rica๐บ๐ธ Bloomington 44.829
๐บ๐ธ Eden Prairie 44.85
๐บ๐ธ Saint Albans 44.8
๐ท๐ธ New Belgrade 44.8
๐บ๐ธ St. Albans 44.8
๐ท๐ธ Novi Beograd 44.8
๐บ๐ธ Fort Madison -91.333
๐บ๐ธ Baton Rouge -91.187
๐ฌ๐น Santa Cruz del Quichรฉ -91.15
๐ฌ๐น Chichicastenango -91.117
๐ฌ๐น Quetzaltenango -91.522
๐บ๐ธ Cedar Rapids -91.669
๐ฌ๐น Retalhuleu -91.683
๐บ๐ธ New Iberia -91.78
๐ฒ๐ฝ Ciudad del Carmen -91.804
๐บ๐ธ Pine Bluff -92.003
Locations Near: Eau Claire -91.5,44.8167
๐บ๐ธ La Crosse -91.217,43.8 d: 115.3
๐บ๐ธ Rochester -92.459,44.019 d: 116.9
๐บ๐ธ Hudson -92.745,44.972 d: 99.6
๐บ๐ธ Stillwater -92.817,45.05 d: 106.8
๐บ๐ธ Center City -92.817,45.383 d: 121
๐บ๐ธ Saint-Paul -93.093,44.944 d: 126.3
๐บ๐ธ Saint Paul -93.093,44.944 d: 126.3
๐บ๐ธ North Branch -92.967,45.5 d: 137.8
Antipodal to: Eau Claire 88.5,-44.817
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 17364.8
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 17304.5
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 17286.7
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 17271.3
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 17255.1
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 17254.5
๐ฆ๐บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 17244
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 17242.4