Nihommatsu二本松市
Nihommatsu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nihommatsu (二本松市, Nihommatsu-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 53,557 (2020 census), area 344.42 km². Borders 10 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukushima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 二本松市
- Reading
- Nihommatsu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukushima 福島県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 53,557 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.9% from 58,162
- Area
- 344.42 km²
- Density
- 155 people per km²
- Households
- 19,384
- Under 15
- 10.8%
- 65 and over
- 34.5%
- Foreign residents
- 347 (0.6%)
- Code
- 07210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nihonmatsu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Nihommatsu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nihommatsu
- Is Nihommatsu a city or a prefecture?
- Nihommatsu (二本松市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukushima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Nihommatsu?
- Nihommatsu is in Fukushima Prefecture (福島県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Nihommatsu?
- 53,557 at the 2020 census, down 7.9% from 58,162 in 2015. The area is 344.42 km², which is 155 people per km². 19,384 households. 34.5% of residents are 65 or older and 10.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nihommatsu?
- 10: Fukushima City (福島市), Koriyama City (郡山市), Tamura City (田村市), Motomiya City (本宮市), Kawamata Town (川俣町), Otama Village (大玉村), Inawashiro Town (猪苗代町), Miharu Town (三春町), Namie Town (浪江町), and Katsurao Village (葛尾村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nihommatsu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nihommatsu written in Japanese?
- 二本松市, read Nihommatsu-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 Nihommatsu begin?
- 福島県二本松市… (Fukushima-ken, Nihommatsu-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.