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Nashville, Tennessee
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Nashville
— Consolidated city–county —

From top left: 2nd Avenue, Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University, the Parthenon, the Nashville skyline, LP Field, Dolly Parton performing at the Grand Ole Opry, and Ryman Auditorium

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Nickname(s): Music City, Athens of the South

Nashville
Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee.
Coordinates: 36°10′00″N 86°47′00″WCoordinates: 36°10′00″N 86°47′00″W
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Davidson
Founded 1779
Incorporated 1806
Named for Francis Nash
Government
• Mayor Karl Dean (D)
Area[1]
• Consolidated 527.9 sq mi (1,367.3 km2)
• Land 504.0 sq mi (1,305.4 km2)
• Water 23.9 sq mi (61.9 km2)
Elevation 597 ft (182 m)
Population (2009)[2][3][4][5]
• Consolidated 605,473
• Density 1,146.9/sq mi (442.8/km2)
• Metro 2,982,974
• Balance 605,473
Demonym Nashvillians
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 37201-37250
Area code(s) 615
Interstates I-40, I-24, I-65, and I-440
Waterways Cumberland River
Airports Nashville International Airport
Public transit Nashville MTA
Regional rail Music City Star
Website https://www.nashville.gov
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County.[6] It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities. It is most notably known as a center of the music industry, earning it the nickname "Music City".
Nashville has a consolidated city–county government which includes seven smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The population of Nashville-Davidson County stood at 635,710 as of the 2009 census estimates,[2] according to the United States Census Bureau. This makes it the second largest city in Tennessee, after Memphis. This also makes Nashville the fourth largest city in the Southeastern United States. The 2009 population of the entire 13-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,582,264,[3] making it the largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the state. The 2009 population of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was estimated at 1,666,210.[7]

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