Mitsuke見附市
Mitsuke-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Mitsuke (見附市, Mitsuke-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 39,237 (2020 census), area 77.91 km². Borders 2 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Niigata Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 見附市
- Reading
- Mitsuke-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 39,237 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.4% from 40,608
- Area
- 77.91 km²
- Density
- 504 people per km²
- Households
- 14,136
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 33.0%
- Foreign residents
- 246 (0.6%)
- Code
- 15211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.mitsuke.niigata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Mitsuke. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Mitsuke
- Is Mitsuke a city or a prefecture?
- Mitsuke (見附市) is a city (市, shi) in Niigata Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Mitsuke?
- Mitsuke is in Niigata Prefecture (新潟県), 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 Mitsuke?
- 39,237 at the 2020 census, down 3.4% from 40,608 in 2015. The area is 77.91 km², which is 504 people per km². 14,136 households. 33.0% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Mitsuke?
- Two: Nagaoka City (長岡市) and Sanjo City (三条市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Mitsuke in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Mitsuke written in Japanese?
- 見附市, read Mitsuke-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 Mitsuke begin?
- 新潟県見附市… (Niigata-ken, Mitsuke-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.