Facts about Bellevue, NE: Bellevue (French for "Beautiful View") is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 44,382 at the 2000 census. Eight miles south of Omaha, Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Incorporated in 1855, it is the oldest city in Nebraska.
Bellevue is located at 41°9?31?N 95°56?3?W? / ?41.15861°N 95.93417°W? / 41.15861; -95.93417 (41.158518, -95.934135) at an elevation of 1159 ft (353 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.7 km²), of which, 13.3 square miles (34.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.7%) is water. It is bounded on the east by the Missouri River.
The nearest hospital is Midlands Hospital (7.0 miles) located in Papillion, Nebraska. Papillion is also the location of the county courthouse. (Construction is underway to complete a hospital in Bellevue near the Twin Creek Shopping Center (25th and...
