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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Chūbu ( Hokuriku )
- Prefecture
- Fukui
- As city settled for takefu
- April 1, 1948
- As merged with imadate town and current
- October 1, 2005
- Mayor
- Tōru Hirabayashi (平林透) - from February 2026
- Total
- 230.70 km (89.07 sq mi)
- Density
- 360.11/km (932.69/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Tree
- Cherry blossom
- Flower
- Chrysanthemum
- Phone number
- 0778-22-3000
- Address
- 1-13-7 Fuchu, Echizen-shi, Fukui-ken 915-8530
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
越前市ウェブサイト
city.echizen.lg.jp →Link to the official site · 11,337 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 85614
- Area
- 230.75
- Official website
- www.city.echizen.lg.jp
- Image
- Echizen City Hall 2021.jpg
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- name in kana
- えちぜんし
- Commons category
- Echizen, Fukui (city)
- native label
- 越前市
- time of earliest written record
- 0091-00-00
- inception
- 2005-10-01
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Echizen (越前市, Echizen-shi) is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2018, the city had an estimated population of 83,078 in 20,341 households and a population density of 360 persons per km². The total area of the city was 230.70 square kilometres (89.07 sq mi). The modern city of Echizen was established on October 1, 2005, from the merger of the city of Takefu and the town of Imadate (from Imadate District); although the Echizen Basin has been an important regional center for over 1,500 years. The city is home to the largest number of cultural assets in Fukui Prefecture and has many former castle sites and prehistoric archeological sites.