Echizen越前市
Echizen-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Echizen (越前市, Echizen-shi) is a city in Fukui Prefecture. Population 80,611 (2020 census), area 230.7 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukui Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 越前市
- Reading
- Echizen-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukui 福井県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 80,611 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.1% from 81,524
- Area
- 230.7 km²
- Density
- 349 people per km²
- Households
- 29,634
- Under 15
- 12.6%
- 65 and over
- 29.6%
- Foreign residents
- 4,791 (5.9%)
- Code
- 18209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.echizen.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Echizen. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Echizen
- Is Echizen a city or a prefecture?
- Echizen (越前市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukui Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Echizen?
- Echizen is in Fukui Prefecture (福井県), 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 Echizen?
- 80,611 at the 2020 census, down 1.1% from 81,524 in 2015. The area is 230.7 km², which is 349 people per km². 29,634 households. 29.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Echizen?
- Four: Sabae City (鯖江市), Ikeda Town (池田町), Minamiechizen Town (南越前町), and Echizen Town (越前町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Echizen in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Echizen written in Japanese?
- 越前市, read Echizen-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 Echizen begin?
- 福井県越前市… (Fukui-ken, Echizen-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.