Nashville, Tennessee

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Nashville, Tennessee
Consolidated ceety–coonty
Metropolitan Govrenment o Nashville an Davidson Coonty
Frae tap left: 2nt Avenue, Kirkland Haw at Vanderbilt Varsity, the Parthenon, the Nashville skyline, LP Field, Dolly Parton performin at the Grand Ole Opry, an Ryman Auditorium
Eik-name(s):  Muisic Ceety, Athens o the Sooth
Nashville, Tennessee Location in Davidson Coonty an the state o Tennessee.
Coordinates: 36°10′00″N 86°47′00″W / 36.16667°N 86.78333°W / 36.16667; -86.78333Coordinates: 36°10′00″N 86°47′00″W / 36.16667°N 86.78333°W / 36.16667; -86.78333
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Tennessee
Coonty	Davidson
Foondit	1779
Incorporatit	1806
Named for	Francis Nash
Govrenment
• Mayor	Freddie O'Connell (D)
Area [1]
• Consolidatit	1,367 km2 (527.9 sq mi)
• Laund	1,305 km2 (504.0 sq mi)
• Water	62 km2 (23.9 sq mi)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population  (2010)[2][3][4][5]
• Consolidatit	626,681
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Metro	1,589,934
• Balance	601222
Demonym(s)	Nashvillians
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	37201-37250
Area code(s)	615
Interstates	I-40, I-24, I-65, an I-440
Watterweys	Cumberland River
Airports	Nashville Internaitional Airport
Public transit	Nashville MTA
Regional rail	Muisic Ceety Starn
Website	www.nashville.gov

Nashville (/ˈnæʃvɪl/) is the caipital o the U.S. state o Tennessee an the coonty seat o Davidson Coonty.^[6] It is locatit on the Cumberland River in the north-central pairt o the state. The ceety is a centre for the muisic, heal care, publishin, bankin an transportation industries, an is home tae a lairge nummer o colleges an varsities. Reflectin the ceety's poseetion in state govrenment, Nashville is home tae the Tennessee Supreme Coort's coorthoose for Middle Tennessee. It is maist notably kent as a centre o the muisic industry, earnin it the nickname "Muisic Ceety".

Nashville haes a consolidated ceety–coonty govrenment which includes sax smawer municipalities in a twa-tier seestem. As o the 2010 census the population o the ceety o Nashville, nae includin the semi-independent municipalities, stood at 601,222.^[4] The population o Davidson Coonty as a whole, includin aw municipalities, wis 626,681.^[2] Nashville is the seicont lairgest ceety in Tennessee, efter Memphis, an the fowerth lairgest ceety in the Sootheastren Unitit States. The 2010 population o the entire 13-coonty Nashville metropolitan aurie wis 1,589,934,^[7] makin it the lairgest Metropolitan Statistical Aurie in the state. The 2010 population o the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbie combined statistical aurie, a lairger tred aurie, wis 1,670,890.^[8]

1. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: Davidson County, Tennessee". Census.gov. 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b} "State & County QuickFacts – Davidson County, Tennessee". Census.gov. Januar 2012. Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2011. Retrieved 17 Februar 2012.
3. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009" (XLS). Census.gov. Mairch 2010. Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2011. Retrieved 14 Mey 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} "State & County QuickFacts – Nashville-Davidson (balance)". Census.gov. Januar 2012. Archived frae the original on 13 Mairch 2015. Retrieved 17 Februar 2012.
5. ↑ Consolidated refers to the population of Davidson County; Balance refers to the population of Nashville excluding other incorporated cities within the Nashville-Davidson boundary.
6. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 7 Juin 2011.
7. ↑ "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 – United States – Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico more information 2010 Census National Summary File of Redistricting Data". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 14 Apryle 2011. Retrieved 14 Apryle 2011.
8. ↑ U.S. Combined Statistical Areas, 2010