Eau Claire–Chippewa Falls metropolitan area
Eau Claire Metropolitan Area
Eau Claire, WI MSA | ||
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Downtown Eau Claire | ||
Map of Eau Claire–Menomonie, WI CSA
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Wisconsin | |
| Principal cities | Eau Claire Chippewa Falls Menomonie | |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) | |
The Eau Claire metropolitan area refers loosely to the urbanized area along the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers, in west-central Wisconsin, with its primary center at Eau Claire and secondary centers at Chippewa Falls and Altoona.
At a ribbon-cutting for the opening of the final stretch of the newly 4-laned section of WIS 29 between Green Bay and Elk Mound, in 2005, Gov. Jim Doyle referred to the region, including Menomonie to the west, as "Wisconsin's Golden Triangle."