Hekinan碧南市
Hekinan-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hekinan (碧南市, Hekinan-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 72,458 (2020 census), area 36.68 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Aichi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 碧南市
- Reading
- Hekinan-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 72,458 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.6% from 71,346
- Area
- 36.68 km²
- Density
- 1,975 people per km²
- Households
- 28,277
- Under 15
- 13.7%
- 65 and over
- 24.0%
- Foreign residents
- 5,273 (7.3%)
- Code
- 23209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hekinan.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Hekinan. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hekinan
- Is Hekinan a city or a prefecture?
- Hekinan (碧南市) is a city (市, shi) in Aichi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hekinan?
- Hekinan is in Aichi Prefecture (愛知県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hekinan?
- 72,458 at the 2020 census, up 1.6% from 71,346 in 2015. The area is 36.68 km², which is 1,975 people per km². 28,277 households. 24.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hekinan?
- Three: Anjo City (安城市), Nishio City (西尾市), and Takahama City (高浜市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hekinan in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hekinan written in Japanese?
- 碧南市, read Hekinan-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Hekinan begin?
- 愛知県碧南市… (Aichi-ken, Hekinan-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.