See soorce fer Nashville, Tennessee

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Nashville, Tennessee
| official_name           = Metropolitan Govrenment o <br /> Nashville an Davidson Coonty
| settlement_type         = [[Consolidated ceety–coonty]]
| image_skyline           = Nashville collage 2009.jpg
| image_caption           = Frae tap left: 2nt Avenue, Kirkland Haw at [[Vanderbilt Varsity]], the [[Parthenon (Nashville)|Parthenon]], the Nashville skyline, [[LP Field]], [[Dolly Parton]] performin at the [[Grand Ole Opry]], an [[Ryman Auditorium]]
| image_flag              = 
| image_seal              = 
| nickname                = Muisic Ceety, Athens o the Sooth
| map_caption             = Location in [[Davidson Coonty, Tennessee|Davidson Coonty]] an the state o [[Tennessee]].
| pushpin_map             = USA Tennessee
| coordinates             = {{coord|36|10|00|N|86|47|00|W|region:US-TN|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Kintra
| subdivision_name        = Unitit States
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Coonty (Unitit States)|Coonty]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Davidson Coonty, Tennessee|Davidson]]
| established_title       = Foondit
| established_date        = 1779
| established_title2      = Incorporatit
| established_date2       = 1806
| founder                 = 
| named_for               = [[Francis Nash]]
| government_footnotes    = 
| leader_party            = [[Democratic Pairty (Unitit States)|D]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = [[Freddie O'Connell]]
| unit_pref               = US
| total_type              = [[Consolidatit ceety–coonty|Consolidatit]]
| area_footnotes          =<ref name="area_land">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/help/jsf/pages/geography.xhtml?lang=en&code=050&name=Davidson+County%2C+Tennessee |title=Geographic Identifiers: Davidson County, Tennessee |work=Census.gov |year=2010 |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi        = 527.9
| area_land_sq_mi         = 504.0
| area_water_sq_mi        = 23.9
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_ft            = 597
| population_footnotes    =<ref name="consolidated"/><ref name="census3">{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-01.xls |title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 |work=Census.gov |format=XLS |date=March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102110640/http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-01.xls |archivedate=2011-01-02 |access-date=2013-05-14 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="balance"/><ref>''Consolidated'' refers to the population of Davidson County; ''Balance'' refers to the population of Nashville excluding other incorporated cities within the Nashville-Davidson boundary.</ref>
| population_total        = 626,681
| population_metro        = 1,589,934
| population_blank1_title = [[Nashville–Davidson (balance), Tennessee|Balance]]
| population_blank1       = 601,222
| population_as_of        = 2010
| population_density_sq_mi= auto
| population_demonym      = Nashvillians
| timezone1               = [[Central Time Zone (North Americae)|CST]]
| utc_offset1             = -6
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central Time Zone (North Americae)|CDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = -5
| postal_code_type        = ZIP codes
| postal_code             = 37201-37250
| area_code               = [[Aurie code 615|615]]
| blank1_name_sec1        = [[Interstate Heichwey Seestem|Interstates]]
| blank1_info_sec1        = [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|I-40]], [[Interstate 24 in Tennessee|I-24]], [[Interstate 65 in Tennessee|I-65]], an [[Interstate 440 (Tennessee)|I-440]]
| blank2_name_sec1        = Watterweys
| blank2_info_sec1        = [[Cumberland River]]
| blank3_name_sec1        = Airports
| blank3_info_sec1        = [[Nashville Internaitional Airport]]
| blank4_name_sec1        = Public transit
| blank4_info_sec1        = [[Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority|Nashville MTA]]
| blank5_name_sec1        = Regional rail
| blank5_info_sec1        = [[Muisic Ceety Starn]]
| website                 = {{url|http://www.nashville.gov/}}
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Nashville''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|æ|ʃ|v|ɪ|l}}) is the caipital o the [[U.S. state]] o [[Tennessee]] an the [[coonty seat]] o [[Davidson Coonty, Tennessee|Davidson Coonty]].{{GR|6}}  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 haes a [[consolidated ceety–coonty]] govrenment which includes sax smawer municipalities in a twa-tier seestem. As o the [[2010 Unitit States Census|2010 census]] the population o the ceety o Nashville, nae includin the semi-independent municipalities, stood at 601,222.<ref name="balance">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4752006.html |title=State & County QuickFacts – Nashville-Davidson (balance) |work=Census.gov |date=January 2012 |accessdate=17 February 2012 |archive-date=2015-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313191233/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4752006.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The population o Davidson Coonty as a whole, includin aw municipalities, wis 626,681.<ref name="consolidated">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47037.html |title=State & County QuickFacts – Davidson County, Tennessee |work=Census.gov |date=January 2012 |accessdate=17 February 2012 |archive-date=2011-07-09 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/603E22Wg7?url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47037.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nashville is the seicont lairgest ceety in Tennessee, efter [[Memphis, Tennessee|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,<ref name=Census2010>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_NSRD_GCTPL2.US24PR&prodType=table|title=Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 – United States – Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico  more information 2010 Census National Summary File of Redistricting Data|work=2010 United States Census|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=April 14, 2011|accessdate=April 14, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.iweblists.com/us/population/CombinedStatisticalAreaPop.html U.S. Combined Statistical Areas, 2010]</ref>

==Climate==
Nashville haes a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa''),<ref name="nashflgts">{{cite web |url=http://www.nashvilleflights.com/destinationguide/destinationguide.aspx?guide=Weather |title=Nashville Weather |work=NashvilleFlights.com |accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref> wi generally cuil tae moderately cauld winters, an het, humid simmers. Monthly averages range frae {{convert|38.1|F|1}} in Januar tae {{convert|79.9|F|1}} in Julie, wi a [[diurnal temperature variation]] o {{convert|18.5|to|23|F-change|C-change}}. In the winter months, snawfaw daes occur in Nashville but is uisually nae hivy. Average annual snawfaw is aboot {{convert|5.8|in|cm|0}}, fawin maistly in Januar an Februar an occasionally Mairch an December.<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |url=http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=ohx |title=NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |accessdate=December 21, 2011}}</ref> The lairgest snaw event syne 2000 wis on Januar 16, 2003, whan Nashville received {{convert|7|in|cm|0}} o snaw in a single storm; the lairgest on record wis {{convert|17|in|cm|0}}, received on Mairch 17, 1892.<ref name="noaa-nash-snowst">{{cite web |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/?n=snowstorms |title=Snowstorms Producing at Least 6" at Nashville |work=NOAA.gov |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdate=December 30, 2009}}</ref> Rainfaw is teepically greater in winter an ware while hairst is the driest. Ware an faw are generally warm but prone tae [[severe thunderstorm]]s, which occasionally bring [[tornado]]es&nbsp;— wi recent major events on [[1998 Nashville tornado outbreak|Aprile 16, 1998]]; [[Aprile 6–8, 2006 tornado outbreak|Aprile 7, 2006]]; [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak|Februar 5, 2008]]; [[Aprile 2009 tornado outbreak|Aprile 10, 2009]]; an [[2010 Tennessee floods|Mey 1–2, 2010]]. Relative humidity in Nashville averages 83% in the mornins an 60% in the efternoons,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityrating.com/cityhumidity.asp?City=Nashville |title=Nashville Relative Humidity |work=Cityrating.com |accessdate=August 4, 2008}}</ref> which is considered moderate for the Sootheastren Unitit States.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cities of the United States |publisher=Thomson-Gale |location=Detroit |author=Gale Research |volume=1 |edition=5th |year=2006 |page=511 |isbn=0-7876-7369-2}}</ref> In recent decades, due tae urban development, Nashville haes developed an [[urban heat island]] (UHI); especially on cuil, clear nichts, temperatures are up tae {{convert|10|F-change|1}} warmer in the hert o the ceety than in rural ootlyin auries.  The entire Nashville region lies within USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-14 |archive-date=2014-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Nashville's lang wares an autumns combined wi a diverse array o trees an gresses can eften mak it uncomfortable for [[allergy]] sufferers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/FEATURES04/703210425/1082/NEWS07 |title=Nashville's an allergy leader, but it's not alone |work=The Tennessean |first=Joy |last=Buchanan |date=March 21, 2007 |accessdate=March 21, 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2008, Nashville wis ranked as the 18t-worst ware allergy ceety in the U.S. bi the [[Asthma an Allergy Foondation o Americae]].<ref name="allergy08">{{cite web |url=http://aafa.org/pdfs/FINAL%20public%20LIST%20Spr2008.pdf |format=PDF |title=Spring Allergy Capitals 2008 |work=AAFA.org |accessdate=April 29, 2008 |archive-date=2008-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528122240/http://aafa.org/pdfs/FINAL%20public%20LIST%20Spr2008.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The cauldest temperature ever recordit in Nashville wis {{convert|-17|°F}} on Januar 21, 1985, an the heichest wis {{convert|109|°F}} on Juin 29, 2012.<ref name="records">{{cite web |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/?n=calendar |title=Calendar of Significant Weather Events in Middle Tennessee |work=NOAA.gov |date=August 3, 2009 |accessdate=September 22, 2009}}</ref>
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{{Weather box
|location=Nashville ([[Nashville Internaitional Airport|Nashville Int'l]]), 1981–2010 normals
|single line=Y
<!--Record high temperatures-->
|Jan record high F=  78
|Feb record high F=  84
|Mar record high F=  89
|Apr record high F=  91
|May record high F=  96
|Jun record high F= 109
|Jul record high F= 107
|Aug record high F= 106
|Sep record high F= 105
|Oct record high F=  94
|Nov record high F=  85
|Dec record high F=  79
|year record high F=109
<!--Average high temperatures-->
|Jan high F = 47.4
|Feb high F = 52.2
|Mar high F = 61.5
|Apr high F = 71.0
|May high F = 78.6
|Jun high F = 86.4
|Jul high F = 89.8
|Aug high F = 89.4
|Sep high F = 82.8
|Oct high F = 72.1
|Nov high F = 60.7
|Dec high F = 50.0
|year high F = 70.2
<!--Average low temperatures-->
|Jan low F = 28.9
|Feb low F = 32.1
|Mar low F = 39.5
|Apr low F = 48.0
|May low F = 57.3
|Jun low F = 66.0
|Jul low F = 70.1
|Aug low F = 68.9
|Sep low F = 61.2
|Oct low F = 49.4
|Nov low F = 39.9
|Dec low F = 31.8
|year low F = 49.4
<!--Record low temperatures-->
|Jan record low F= −17
|Feb record low F= −13
|Mar record low F=   2
|Apr record low F=  23
|May record low F=  34
|Jun record low F=  42
|Jul record low F=  51
|Aug record low F=  47
|Sep record low F=  36
|Oct record low F=  26
|Nov record low F=  −1
|Dec record low F= −10
|year record low F=−17
<!--Total Precipitation, this should include rain and snow.-->
|precipitation colour= green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.75
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.94
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.11
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.00
|May precipitation inch = 5.50
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.14
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.63
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.16
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.41
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.04
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.31
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.23
<!--Snowfall-->
|Jan snow inch = 2.4
|Feb snow inch = 2.1
|Mar snow inch =  .8
|Apr snow inch =   0
|May snow inch =   0
|Jun snow inch =   0
|Jul snow inch =   0
|Aug snow inch =   0
|Sep snow inch =   0
|Oct snow inch =   0
|Nov snow inch =   0
|Dec snow inch =  .5
<!--Average number of precipitation days-->
|unit precipitation days= 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.3
|Feb precipitation days = 10.3
|Mar precipitation days = 10.7
|Apr precipitation days = 10.8
|May precipitation days = 11.7
|Jun precipitation days = 10.0
|Jul precipitation days = 10.2
|Aug precipitation days =  8.4
|Sep precipitation days =  7.5
|Oct precipitation days =  8.0
|Nov precipitation days =  9.8
|Dec precipitation days = 11.2
<!--Average number of snowy days-->
|unit snow days= 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.1
|Feb snow days = 2.1
|Mar snow days =  .6
|Apr snow days =   0
|May snow days =   0
|Jun snow days =   0
|Jul snow days =   0
|Aug snow days =   0
|Sep snow days =   0
|Oct snow days =   0
|Nov snow days =   0
|Dec snow days =  .9
|Jan percentsun = 41
|Feb percentsun = 47
|Mar percentsun = 52
|Apr percentsun = 59
|May percentsun = 60
|Jun percentsun = 65
|Jul percentsun = 63
|Aug percentsun = 63
|Sep percentsun = 62
|Oct percentsun = 62
|Nov percentsun = 50
|Dec percentsun = 42
|year percentsun = 56
<!--Mandatory fields, source-->
|source 1=NOAA,<ref name="NOAA" /><ref name="Percent Sunshine">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/pctpos.txt |title=Average Percent Sunshine through 2009 |work=NOAA.gov |publisher=[[National Climatic Data Center]] |accessdate=November 14, 2012}}</ref> Weather.com (records)<ref name="TWC">{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/fitness/wxclimatology/monthly/USTN0357 |title=Monthly Averages for Nashville, TN |work=Weather.com |accessdate=September 26, 2010 |archive-date=2010-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218060331/http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/fitness/wxclimatology/monthly/USTN0357 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|date=November 2012}}

==Sister ceeties==
Nashville is an active participant in the [[Sister Ceeties]] program an haes relationships wi the followin touns:<ref name="sistercities">{{cite web |url=http://www.scnashville.org/ |title=Sister Cities of Nashville |work=SCNashville.org |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}</ref>

*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Belfast]], Northren Ireland (Unitit Kinrick)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Caen]] (Fraunce)
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Edmonton]], Alberta (Canadae)
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Magdeburg]] (Germany)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Mendoza, Argentinae|Mendoza]] (Argentinae)
*{{flagicon|China}} [[Taiyuan]], Shanxi (Cheenae)

;Candidates
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Gwangjin-gu]] (Sooth Korea)
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]] (Japan)
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tamworth, New Sooth Wales]] (Australie)

;Internaitional Friendship Ceety
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Crouy]] (Fraunce)

;Municipality Unitit in Friendship
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[El Port de la Selva]] (Spain)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Freemit airtins==
{{Sister project links|Nashville, Tennessee|voy=Nashville}}

;Govrenment
*[http://www.nashville.gov/ Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County]

;Ither
*[http://www.visitmusiccity.com/ Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau]
*[http://www.nashvillechamber.com/ Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/index.html Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County]
*[http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_nash_history_timeline.asp Nashville/Davidson County timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615020718/http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_nash_history_timeline.asp |date=2015-06-15 }} frae the [[Nashville Public Library]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Nashville
|North     = [[Springfield, Tennessee|Springfield]]
|Northeast = [[Hendersonville, Tennessee|Hendersonville]], [[Gallatin, Tennessee|Gallatin]]
|East      = [[Mt. Juliet, Tennessee|Mt. Juliet]], [[Lebanon, Tennessee|Lebanon]]
|Southeast = [[La Vergne, Tennessee|La Vergne]], [[Smyrna, Tennessee|Smyrna]], [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee|Murfreesboro]]
|South     = [[Brentwood, Tennessee|Brentwood]], [[Franklin, Tennessee|Franklin]]
|Southwest = [[Belle Meade, Tennessee|Belle Meade]],  [[Bellevue, Tennessee|Bellevue]]
|West      = [[Dickson, Tennessee|Dickson]]
|Northwest = [[Clarksville, Tennessee|Clarksville]]
|image     =
}}

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[[Category:Ceeties in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Consolidatit ceety-coonties in the Unitit States]]
[[Category:Coonty seats in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Populatit places in Davidson Coonty, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Populatit places established in 1779]]