Nashville

About Nashville

Population

627,973 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 now estimated to be the largest in Tennessee. Combined with the sprawling suburbs, it also holds title to 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 (26)

Metro Cities

Ashland City, Brentwood, Fairview, Franklin, Gallatin, Greenbrier, Hendersonville, Kingston Springs, Lebanon, Martha, Mount Juliet, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Nolensville, Smyrna

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
593	All Buildings
472	existing
18	under construction
20	planned
46	unbuilt
37	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	AT&T Building	617 ft	1994
2	505	523 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
338	low-rise building
175	high-rise building
26	skyscraper
16	open-air structure
11	church
6	stadium
4	hall
4	mast (pole)
4	mast (framework)
4	bridge
3	building with towers
1	sculpture
1	house

Other buildings

No.	Type
2	Famous buildings
13	Buildings with construction images