Onyū District, Fukui

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Onyū (遠敷郡, Onyū-gun) was a district located in the Wakasa Region of Fukui Prefecture, Japan until 2005.

The time before the dissolution, the district had an area of 143.83 km² with an estimated population of 2,747 with an area of 1,088 and a density of 49.08 persons per km². The total area is 225.91 km².^[1]

Municipalities

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Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one village:

Natashō^[a]

Notes

^ Classified as a village.

History

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Map showing original extent of Onyū District in Fukui Prefecture:

* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period

District Timeline

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Recent mergers

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On March 31, 2005 - The town of Kaminaka was merged with the town of Mikata (from Mikata District) to create the town of Wakasa (now in Mikatakaminaka District). (1 village)
On March 3, 2006 - The village of Natashō was merged into the expanded town of Ōi (in Ōi District). Onyū District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

References

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^ 2005年国勢調査、総務省統計局2005.12.27発表値 (2005 Census published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Statistics Bureau from December 27, 2005)。

v t e Fukui Prefecture
Fukui (capital)
Core city	Fukui
Cities	Awara Echizen Katsuyama Obama Ōno Sabae Sakai Tsuruga
Districts	Imadate District Ikeda Mikata District Mihama Mikatakaminaka District Wakasa Nanjō District Minamiechizen Nyū District Echizen Ōi District Ōi Takahama Yoshida District Eiheiji
Former Districts	Asuwa District Ōno District Onyū District Sakai District Tsuruga District
List of mergers in Fukui Prefecture

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	Japan

Municipalities

History

District Timeline

Recent mergers

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