District Information
The 49th.
North Carolina’s 49th Senate District rests in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains and is home to the city of Asheville. Our district is known for its beautiful scenery, as well as its love of the arts, music, food, beer, and adventure. We are also an outspoken, activist community that isn’t shy about vocalizing what we want.
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District highlights.
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Arboretum
Asheville Downtown Association
Explore Asheville
Bent Creek Experimental Forest
River Arts District
UNC Asheville
Lake Julian
District 49 has a population of 201,000 and includes the City of Asheville, the Towns of Woodfin, Weaverville, and Biltmore Forest, the census-designated places of Bent Creek, Avery Creek, Royal Pines, Fairview, and Swannanoa, and the unincorporated communities of Arden, Enka, and Candler. The district includes 43.7% of Buncombe County's area but 74.5% of its population.