Belleville, Ontario

Belleville
City (single-tier)
City of Belleville
Skyline of Downtown Belleville
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Nickname:  Bellevegas
Motto:  The Friendly City
Belleville
Coordinates: 44°10′N 77°23′W / 44.167°N 77.383°W / 44.167; -77.383
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Hastings
Settled	1789
Named	1816
Incorporated	1836 (as police village)
Incorporated as city	1878
Government
• Mayor	Neil Ellis
• Federal riding	Bay of Quinte
• Prov. riding	Bay of Quinte
Area [1][2]
• Land	247.21 km2 (95.45 sq mi)
• Metro	741.36 km2 (286.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• City (single-tier)	55,071
• Density	222.8/km2 (577/sq mi)
• Metro	111,184
• Metro density	83.1/km2 (215/sq mi)
Gross Metropolitan Product
• Belleville CMA	CA$5.1 billion (2020)[4]
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal Code FSA	K8N, K8P, K8R
Area codes	613, 343, 753
Website	www.belleville.ca

Belleville is a city in Ontario, Canada situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte. Belleville is between Ottawa and Toronto, along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Its population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 55,071 (Census Metropolitan Area population 111,184). It is the seat of Hastings County, but politically independent of it, and is the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region.