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Mishima, Niigata

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Mishima
三島みしままち
Former municipality
CountryJapan
RegionHokuriku
PrefectureNiigata Prefecture
MergedApril 1, 2005
(now part of Nagaoka)
Area
 • Total36.47 km2 (14.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total7,535
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
10 municipalities merged into Nagaoka City

Mishima (三島みしままち, Mishima-machi) was a town located in Santō District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,535 and a density of 206.61 persons per square kilometre (535.1 per square mile). The total area is 36.47 km2 (14.08 sq mi).

On April 1, 2005, Mishima, along with the town of Oguni (from Kariwa District), the village of Yamakoshi (from Koshi District), the town of Nakanoshima (from Minamikanbara District), and the town of Koshiji (also from Santō District), was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka.[1][2]

Transportation[edit]

Railway[edit]

Echigo Kotsu Nagaoka Line [ja] had been operated in the town until 1975.

Highway[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 住民じゅうみん基本きほん台帳だいちょう人口じんこう移動いどう報告ほうこく年報ねんぽう [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁そうむちょう統計とうけいきょく. 2005. p. 139. Nakanoshima-machi, Koshiji-machi, Mishima-machi, Yamakoshi-mura and Oguni-machi were incorporated into Nagaoka-shi as of April 1, 2005.
  2. ^ "越路こしじまち長岡ながおかとの合併がっぺい | 長岡ながおかよくある質問しつもんQ&Aきゅーあんどえー)". 長岡ながおか. Retrieved 2024-02-04. 平成へいせい17ねん4がつ1にち南蒲原みなみかんばらぐん中之島なかのしままち三島みしまぐん三島みしままち古志こしぐん山古志やまこしむら刈羽かりわぐん小国おぐにまち一緒いっしょ長岡ながおか編入へんにゅう合併がっぺいしました。