Belleville, city and seat of Saint Clair County, in southwestern Illinois, near East Saint Louis. It is a residential, commercial, and manufacturing center situated in a major agricultural and coal-mining region. Local products include machinery, beer, clothing, mining equipment, industrial furnaces, and stoves. A junior college is located in the city, and Scott Air Force Base and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows are nearby. The name of the community, platted in 1814, is French for “beautiful town.” Belleville was incorporated as a city in 1850. Population 42,150 (1980); 42,785 (1990); 41,410 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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