Bellevue

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Bellevue (French, meaning beautiful view) is the name of many places in many countries:

  • Canada:
    • Bellevue, Alberta
    • Bellevue, Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Bellevue, Ontario
    • Bellevue, Prince Edward Island
    • Bellevue, Saskatchewan
  • France:
    • Château de Bellevue, a small château built for Madame de Pompadour near Paris in 1750 overlooking the Seine and demolished in 1823.
  • Germany:
    • Schloss Bellevue is the official residence of the President of Germany, being a château near the center of the city of Berlin.
  • Switzerland
    • Bellevue, Switzerland, a municipality in the Canton of Geneva
    • Bellevue (Zurich), a town square in Zurich
  • United Kingdom
    • Bellevue, Belfast

In the United States, Bellevue is also an informal expression for "psychiatric hospital", due to the fame of the psychiatric services of Bellevue Hospital.