Fujinomiya富士宮市
Fujinomiya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Fujinomiya (富士宮市, Fujinomiya-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 128,105 (2020 census), area 389.08 km². Borders 8 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Shizuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 富士宮市
- Reading
- Fujinomiya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 128,105 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.0% from 130,770
- Area
- 389.08 km²
- Density
- 329 people per km²
- Households
- 51,425
- Under 15
- 12.3%
- 65 and over
- 29.7%
- Foreign residents
- 2,163 (1.7%)
- Code
- 22207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.fujinomiya.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Fujinomiya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Fujinomiya
- Is Fujinomiya a city or a prefecture?
- Fujinomiya (富士宮市) is a city (市, shi) in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Fujinomiya?
- Fujinomiya is in Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県), 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 Fujinomiya?
- 128,105 at the 2020 census, down 2.0% from 130,770 in 2015. The area is 389.08 km², which is 329 people per km². 51,425 households. 29.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Fujinomiya?
- Eight: Minobu Town (身延町) in Yamanashi, Nambu Town (南部町) in Yamanashi, Narusawa Village (鳴沢村) in Yamanashi, Fujikawaguchiko Town (富士河口湖町) in Yamanashi, Shimizu Ward (清水区) of Shizuoka, Fuji City (富士市), Gotemba City (御殿場市), and Oyama Town (小山町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Fujinomiya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Fujinomiya written in Japanese?
- 富士宮市, read Fujinomiya-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 Fujinomiya begin?
- 静岡県富士宮市… (Shizuoka-ken, Fujinomiya-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.