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Bloomington is a city in south central Indiana. Located about 50 miles southwest of Indianapolis, it is the seat of Monroe County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Bloomington had a total population of 69,291, making it the 7th largest city in Indiana.

Bloomington is the home of Indiana University's flagship campus (established in 1820), attended by approximately 40,000 students, the original and largest campus of the Indiana University system. It is also the home of the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, the Kinsey Institute, and The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute.

Bloomington's Indiana University campus is regarded as one of the most beautiful in the nation. In 1991, Thomas Gaines, a landscape artist, published a book, The Campus As a Work of Art, in which he named the Bloomington campus one of the five most beautiful campuses in America. Most of the campus buildings are built of Indiana limestone. Due to the presence of the university, Bloomington is more diverse demographically than is typical for the state.

Nearby Points of Interest:
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Assembly Hall (Bloomington) - Five NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship banners on display.
Brown County, Indiana
Brown County State Park
Hoosier National Forest
Lake Lemon
Lake Monroe
McCormick's Creek State Park
Morgan-Monroe State Forest
Yellowwood State Forest
Monroe County Airport
Upland Brewing Company - Currently the largest microbrewery in the state of Indiana.
The Bloomington Playwrights Project - produces only new plays by American playwrights
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division - Naval Base
Hickory Ridge Fire Tower

Bloomington has been named a Tree City for more than 20 years. The city was the site of the Academy Award-winning movie Breaking Away, featuring Indiana University's annual bicycle race Little 500.

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