Nashville

About Nashville

Population

603,445 in city
1,666,566 in metro

Size

1,226 km² (473 mi²)

Altitude

170.080468178 m

Nashville is where country music lives and breathes, but it has truly earned its nickname Music City, USA. The city has nurtured generations of singers and musicians from country to rock to blues. From the honky-tonk floors to the symphony orchestra walls, there’s more live music here than anywhere in the world. The city is home to Vanderbilt and Tennessee State Universities and a flourishing health care management industry that provide a diverse and healthy economic base. With a consolidated city and county government, the city is the second largest in Tennessee. But the sprawling suburbs have created the largest metropolitan area in the state. Named after General Francis Nash in 1784, Nashville became Tennessee's capital in 1843. Today, the city along the Cumberland River is a crossroads of American culture and boomtown of the upper South. Nashville is located within a day's drive, or a two-hour flight, of more than half the population of the United States.

Zones

The Gulch (24)

Metro Cities

Ashland City, Brentwood, Franklin, Gallatin, Hendersonville, Lebanon, Martha, Mount Juliet, Murfreesboro, Nashville

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
531	All Buildings
420	existing
9	under construction
29	planned
45	unbuilt
28	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	AT&T Building	617 ft	1994
2	505	550 ft	2018
3	Fifth Third Center	490 ft	1986
4	Bridgestone Tower	460 ft	2017
5	William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower	452 ft	1970

Building types

No.	Type
285	low-rise building
169	high-rise building
25	skyscraper
15	open-air structure
11	church
6	stadium
4	mast (framework)
4	bridge
4	hall
4	mast (pole)
3	building with towers
1	sculpture

Other buildings

No.	Type
2	Famous buildings
13	Buildings with construction images