Tokoname常滑市
Tokoname-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tokoname (常滑市, Tokoname-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 58,710 (2020 census), area 55.9 km². Borders 5 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
- 常滑市
- Reading
- Tokoname-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 58,710 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +3.8% from 56,547
- Area
- 55.9 km²
- Density
- 1,050 people per km²
- Households
- 24,566
- Under 15
- 14.5%
- 65 and over
- 25.4%
- Foreign residents
- 1,373 (2.3%)
- Code
- 23216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tokoname.aichi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Tokoname. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tokoname
- Is Tokoname a city or a prefecture?
- Tokoname (常滑市) 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 Tokoname?
- Tokoname 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 Tokoname?
- 58,710 at the 2020 census, up 3.8% from 56,547 in 2015. The area is 55.9 km², which is 1,050 people per km². 24,566 households. 25.4% of residents are 65 or older and 14.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tokoname?
- Five: Handa City (半田市), Chita City (知多市), Agui Town (阿久比町), Mihama Town (美浜町), and Taketoyo Town (武豊町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tokoname in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tokoname written in Japanese?
- 常滑市, read Tokoname-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 Tokoname begin?
- 愛知県常滑市… (Aichi-ken, Tokoname-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.