Great Falls, Montana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Great Falls, Montana
settlement_type = City
nickname = The Electric City
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imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Great Falls, Montana at dusk


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map_caption = Location of Great Falls, Montana


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Montana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Cascade
government_footnotes =
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Dona Stebbins
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unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes =
area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 51.6
area_land_km2 = 50.5
area_water_km2 = 1.1
area_total_sq_mi = 19.9
area_land_sq_mi = 19.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 56690
population_density_km2 = 1123.2
population_density_sq_mi = 2909.1

timezone = Mountain (MST)
utc_offset = -7
timezone_DST = MDT
utc_offset_DST = -6
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 1015
elevation_ft = 3330
latd = 47 |latm = 30 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 111 |longm = 17 |longs = 11 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 59401-59406
area_code = 406
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 30-32800
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0802113
website = http://www.greatfallsmt.net/
footnotes =

Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States.GR|6 The population was 56,690 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the 'Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area', which encompasses all of Cascade County. Great Falls takes its name from the series of waterfalls that the Lewis and Clark Expedition had to portage around, requiring 31 days of arduous labor, in their 1805-06 exploration of the Louisiana Purchase. Two undeveloped parts of their portage route are landmarked within the Great Falls Portage National Historic Landmark. The city is home to the C. M. Russell Museum Complex, the University of Great Falls, Giant Springs, the Roe River (world's shortest river), and the Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind, as well as the Great Falls Voyagers minor league baseball(formally known as the Great Falls White Sox) team. The local newspaper is the "Great Falls Tribune". Great Falls is known as the "Electric City" due to the five hydroelectric dams that are in the nearby vicinity along the Missouri River.

A Coldwell Banker Home Price Comparison Index listed Great Falls as the most affordable area of 348 markets in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Geography and climate

Great Falls is located along the Missouri River near several waterfalls on the Missouri.

Great Falls is located at coor dms|47|30|13|N|111|17|11|W|city (47.503657, -111.286299).GR|1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.9 square miles (51.6 km²), of which, 19.5 square miles (50.5 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (2.21%) is water.

Motion pictures filmed in Great Falls

Numerous motion pictures have been filmed in and around Great Falls, Montana. These movies include:

*"Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974)
*"Telefon" (1977)
*"The Stone Boy" (1984)
*"The Untouchables" (1987)
*"Amazing Grace and Chuck" (1987)
*"A River Runs Through It" (1992)
*"Freedom" (1994)
*"Holy Matrimony (1994)
*"The Slaughter Rule" (2002)
*"Northfork" (2003)
*"Iron Ridge" (2008)
*"The Vessel" (2009) (Post-Production)

ister city

Great Falls has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International (SCI):
* Sharya, Russia

References

External links

* [http://www.greatfallsmt.net/ Great Falls Official Website]
* [http://greatfallscvb.visitmt.com/ Great Falls Convention Visitors Bureau (CVB)]
* [http://www.visitgreatfalls.net/ Great Falls Visitor Information Center]
* [http://www.greatfallsexplorers.com/ Professional Basketball in Great Falls]
* [http://www.russell.visitmt.com/ Russell Country]
* [http://www.fws.gov/bentonlake/ Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge]
* [http://www.icebreakergf.com/ Annual Ice Breaker Road Race through Downtown Great Falls]