Nashville, Tennessee: Caipital o Tennessee

state">U.S. state o Tennessee an the coonty seat o Davidson Coonty. 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, 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; -86.78333 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
• 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)
• 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 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. The population o Davidson Coonty as a whole, includin aw municipalities, wis 626,681. 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, 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.

Nashville haes a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), wi generally cuil tae moderately cauld winters, an het, humid simmers. Monthly averages range frae 38.1 °F (3.4 °C) in Januar tae 79.9 °F (26.6 °C) in Julie, wi a diurnal temperature variation o 18.5 tae 23 °F (10.3 tae 12.8 °C). In the winter months, snawfaw daes occur in Nashville but is uisually nae hivy. Average annual snawfaw is aboot 5.8 inches (15 cm), fawin maistly in Januar an Februar an occasionally Mairch an December. The lairgest snaw event syne 2000 wis on Januar 16, 2003, whan Nashville received 7 inches (18 cm) o snaw in a single storm; the lairgest on record wis 17 inches (43 cm), received on Mairch 17, 1892. Rainfaw is teepically greater in winter an ware while hairst is the driest. Ware an faw are generally warm but prone tae severe thunderstorms, which occasionally bring tornadoes — wi recent major events on Aprile 16, 1998; Aprile 7, 2006; Februar 5, 2008; Aprile 10, 2009; an Mey 1–2, 2010. Relative humidity in Nashville averages 83% in the mornins an 60% in the efternoons, which is considered moderate for the Sootheastren Unitit States. In recent decades, due tae urban development, Nashville haes developed an urban heat island (UHI); especially on cuil, clear nichts, temperatures are up tae 10 °F (5.6 °C) warmer in the hert o the ceety than in rural ootlyin auries. The entire Nashville region lies within USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a.

Nashville's lang wares an autumns combined wi a diverse array o trees an gresses can eften mak it uncomfortable for allergy sufferers. In 2008, Nashville wis ranked as the 18t-worst ware allergy ceety in the U.S. bi the Asthma an Allergy Foondation o Americae.

The cauldest temperature ever recordit in Nashville wis −17 °F (−27 °C) on Januar 21, 1985, an the heichest wis 109 °F (43 °C) on Juin 29, 2012.

Nashville is an active participant in the Sister Ceeties program an haes relationships wi the followin touns:

•   Belfast, Northren Ireland (Unitit Kinrick)
•   Caen (Fraunce)
•   Edmonton, Alberta (Canadae)
•   Magdeburg (Germany)
•   Mendoza (Argentinae)
•   Taiyuan, Shanxi (Cheenae)

Candidates

•   Gwangjin-gu (Sooth Korea)
•   Kamakura (Japan)
•   Tamworth, New Sooth Wales (Australie)

Internaitional Friendship Ceety

•   Crouy (Fraunce)

Municipality Unitit in Friendship

•   El Port de la Selva (Spain)