Ayase綾瀬市
Ayase-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ayase (綾瀬市, Ayase-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 83,913 (2020 census), area 22.14 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 綾瀬市
- Reading
- Ayase-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 83,913 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.6% from 84,460
- Area
- 22.14 km²
- Density
- 3,790 people per km²
- Households
- 34,879
- Under 15
- 12.9%
- 65 and over
- 27.9%
- Foreign residents
- 4,240 (5.1%)
- Code
- 14218 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ayase.kanagawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Ayase. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ayase
- Is Ayase a city or a prefecture?
- Ayase (綾瀬市) is a city (市, shi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Ayase?
- Ayase is in Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Ayase?
- 83,913 at the 2020 census, down 0.6% from 84,460 in 2015. The area is 22.14 km², which is 3,790 people per km². 34,879 households. 27.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ayase?
- Three: Fujisawa City (藤沢市), Yamato City (大和市), and Ebina City (海老名市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ayase in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ayase written in Japanese?
- 綾瀬市, read Ayase-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 Ayase begin?
- 神奈川県綾瀬市… (Kanagawa-ken, Ayase-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.