Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality in and the county seat of
Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Situated on the Cache La Poudre River
along the Colorado Front Range, Fort Collins is located 65 miles (105 km)
north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2012 estimated population
of 148,612, it is the fourth most populous city in Colorado after Aurora,
Colorado Springs and Denver. Fort Collins is a midsize college city, home to
Colorado State University. It was named Money
magazine's Best Place to Live in the U.S. in 2006, No. 2 in 2008,