Nashville, Tennessee

**Nashville** is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is on the Cumberland River in Davidson County. Nashville is the home of the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and many major record labels.

Nashville has 689,447 people in it (according to the 2020 census). A resident of Nashville is called a _Nashvillian_.

## Government and politics

The City of Nashville and Davidson County joined in 1963 as a way for Nashville to fight the problems of urban sprawl. The joint metropolitan government offers services such as police, firefighting, electricity, running water, and waste water disposal.

## History

On March 3, 2020, a tornado tracked west to east, just north of the downtown Nashville area, killing at least 25 people and leaving tens of thousands without electricity.

On December 25, 2020, a suicide bombing happened in the city.

## Sports teams

Nashville sports teams include:
- Tennessee Titans - football
- Nashville Predators - ice hockey
- Nashville Sounds - baseball
- Nashville SC - soccer

## Related pages

- List of people from Nashville, Tennessee

## References

**Notes**

## Other websites

- Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Nashville, Tennessee
- **settlement type**: List of capitals in the United States, State capital and consolidated city-county
- **official name**: City of Nashville and County of Davidson
- **image skyline**: Nashville collage.png
- **image caption**: From top to  bottom, left to right: Nashville skyline, the Parthenon (Nashville), Parthenon, Nissan Stadium (Nashville), Nissan Stadium, Ryman Auditorium, Tennessee State Capitol, Vanderbilt University's The Wyatt Center, First Horizon Park, Bridgestone Arena
- **imagesize**: 280px
- **image flag**: Flag of Nashville, Tennessee.png
- **image seal**: Seal of Nashville, Tennessee.png
- **nickname**: Music City, Country Music Capital, Athens of the South
- **map caption**: Interactive map of Nashville
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Tennessee
- **subdivision type2**: County (United States), County
- **subdivision name2**: Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **named for**: Francis Nash
- **leader party**: Democratic Party (United States), D
- **leader title**: List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee, Mayor
- **leader name**: Freddie O'Connell
- **leader title2**: Vice Mayor
- **leader name2**: Angie Henderson
- **unit pref**: US
- **total type**: Consolidated city-county, Consolidated
- **area total sq mi**: 525.94
- **area land sq mi**: 504.03
- **area water sq mi**: 21.91
- **elevation ft**: 597
- **population blank1 title**: Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee, Balance
- **population blank1**: 689447
- **population total**: 715884
- **population metro**: 2014444 (List of metropolitan statistical areas, 35th)
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population density sq mi**: 1367.87
- **population density km2**: 528.15
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 21st in the United States
List of municipalities in Tennessee, 1st in Tennessee
- **population demonym**: Nashvillian
- **timezone1**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset1**: −6
- **timezone1 dst**: Central Daylight Time, CDT
- **utc offset1 dst**: −5
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 37201-37250
- **area code**: Area codes 615 and 629, 615 and 629
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1652484 1652484]
- **blank2 name sec1**: Interstate Highway System, Interstates
- **blank2 info sec1**:
- **blank3 name sec1**: List of U.S. Highways in Tennessee, U.S. routes
- **blank3 info sec1**:
- **blank4 name sec1**: List of state routes in Tennessee, State routes
- **blank4 info sec1**:
- **blank5 name sec1**: Waterways
- **blank5 info sec1**: Cumberland River
- **blank6 name sec1**: Public transit
- **blank6 info sec1**: Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority, Nashville MTA
- **blank7 name sec1**: Regional rail
- **blank7 info sec1**: Music City Star
- **blank7 name sec2**: Airport
- **blank7 info sec2**: Nashville International Airport