Huntsville, Alabama Hotels

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Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of Huntsville was 164,570. As of 2005 Census Estimates the Huntsville Metropolitan Area had a population of 368,661 with the city proper having 166,313 residents. Huntsville, and its cross-river neighbor Decatur, combine their separate metro areas to form the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2004, had a total population of 510,088.

The two cities are sometimes referred to as, or considered, Twin Cities, or Sister Cities. Both municipalities provide vital resources to each other, and their respective metropolitan areas. Each are important to the economy of the entire region and the wellbeing of its residents.

Huntsville's higher education institutions include:

Alabama A&M University;
The University of Alabama in Huntsville;
Oakwood College, and
J.F. Drake State Technical College.
Numerous colleges and universities have satellite locations or extensions in Huntsville:

Huntsville Regional Medical Campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine ;
Calhoun Community College's two sites (Calhoun Cummings Research Park Campus - CRP Website, & Calhoun Redstone Arsenal Campus - Redstone Arsenal Website);
Athens State University;
Georgia Institute of Technology's two sites ;
Faulkner University;
Columbia College;
Virginia College;
Florida Institute of Technology, and
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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