Mishima, Niigata

Former municipality in Hokuriku, Japan
Mishima
三島町
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 (三島町, 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

Railway

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

Highway

References

  1. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 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. ^ "越路町と長岡市との合併 | 長岡市よくある質問(Q&A)". 長岡市. Retrieved 2024-02-04. 平成17年4月1日に南蒲原郡中之島町、三島郡三島町、古志郡山古志村、刈羽郡小国町と一緒に長岡市に編入合併しました。
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