Charlevoix is a city in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the city population was 2,994. It is the county seat

County seat

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 of Charlevoix County

Charlevoix County, Michigan

-Airports:*Beaver Island is served by two airlines:**Welke Airport**Beaver Island Airport-Ferry service:*Beaver Island Boat Company maintains a regular auto ferry from Charlevoix:*The Ironton Ferry at Ironton, Michigan crosses the south arm of Lake Charlevoix...

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Charlevoix Township

Charlevoix Township, Michigan

Charlevoix Township is a civil township of Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,697 at the 2000 census. However, during the summer months this population expands rapidly as Charlevoix is the location of many summer homes of people in the Detroit and Chicago...

 is a separate municipal entity that completely surrounds the city and has 1,697 year round population. Typical of Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan , is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan...

 towns, Charlevoix has a significant seasonal tourist population in the summer.
The city is situated between Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...

 and the western end of Lake Charlevoix

Lake Charlevoix

Lake Charlevoix is a lake in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the third largest lake in the state with a surface area of over 17,200 acres and 56 miles of shoreline...

, which drains into Lake Michigan through the short Round Lake/Pine River complex in the heart of downtown Charlevoix.