The city of
Gainesville is the
county seat of
Hall County,
Georgia,
United States. As of the
2010 census, the city had a population of 33,804. Because of its large number of poultry processing plants, it is often called the "
Poultry Capital of the World". Gainesville is the principal city of, and is included in, the Gainesville, Georgia
Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the
Atlanta-
Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Georgia-
Alabama (part)
Combined Statistical Area.