Onyū District, Fukui

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

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

Natashō^[a]

Notes

^ Classified as a village.

History

Map showing original extent of Onyū District in Fukui Prefecture:

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

District Timeline

Recent mergers

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

^ 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)。