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Waynesville is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in Western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about 30mi southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains.In the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,232 with an estimate (by the town government) of 10,000 as of early 2007 and 9,869 at the 2010 census and 9,789 in 2012. Waynesville is located just outside the Pisgah National Forest and is close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Waynesville and Haywood County are part of the four-county Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area, currently the 5th largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. It is the third largest town in the MSA behind the cities of Asheville and Hendersonville.GeographyWaynesville is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 7.8sqmi, all of it land.