Komatsu小松市
Komatsu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Komatsu (小松市, Komatsu-shi) is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture. Population 106,216 (2020 census), area 371.05 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ishikawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 小松市
- Reading
- Komatsu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ishikawa 石川県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 106,216 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.7% from 106,919
- Area
- 371.05 km²
- Density
- 286 people per km²
- Households
- 41,312
- Under 15
- 13.0%
- 65 and over
- 28.9%
- Foreign residents
- 2,546 (2.4%)
- Code
- 17203 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.komatsu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Komatsu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Komatsu
- Is Komatsu a city or a prefecture?
- Komatsu (小松市) is a city (市, shi) in Ishikawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Komatsu?
- Komatsu is in Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県), 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 Komatsu?
- 106,216 at the 2020 census, down 0.7% from 106,919 in 2015. The area is 371.05 km², which is 286 people per km². 41,312 households. 28.9% of residents are 65 or older and 13.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Komatsu?
- Four: Kaga City (加賀市), Hakusan City (白山市), Nomi City (能美市), and Katsuyama City (勝山市) in Fukui. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Komatsu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Komatsu written in Japanese?
- 小松市, read Komatsu-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 Komatsu begin?
- 石川県小松市… (Ishikawa-ken, Komatsu-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.