Shirasawa, Fukushima
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| Shirasawa Village 白沢村 |
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| Country | Japan |
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| Prefecture | Fukushima |
| District | Adachi District |
| Established | April 30, 1955 |
| Dissolved | January 1, 2007 |
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| - Total | 48.4 km² (18.7 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2005) | |
| - Total | 9,388 |
| - Density | 191.24/km² (495.3/sq mi) |
| 4.32 people per household, No.1 in Japan | |
| Website: http://www.vill.shirasawa.fukushima.jp/ | |
This article is about the former village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. There is another village with the same name in Gunma Prefecture, see Shirasawa, Gunma.
Shirasawa (白沢村; -mura) was a village located in Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan. On January 1, 2007, it merged with the former town of Motomiya to form the new city of Motomiya.
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[edit] Demographics
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 9,388 as of September 2005 and a density of 191.24 persons per km². The total area was 48.40 km².
Shirasawa had an average of 4.36 members per household, which was the highest in Japan.
[edit] History
Shirasawa was founded when the villages of Shiraiwa (白岩村;-mura) and Wagisawa(和木沢村;-mura) merged in April of 1955.
[edit] Education
Public Schools
(Shirasawa Village School District, now Motomiya City School District)
- Shirasawa Junior High School
- Nukazawa Elementary School
- Wada Elementary School
- Shiraiwa Elementary School
[edit] Transportation
- Fukushima Route 28, Motomiya to Miharu
- Fukushima Route 40, Iino to Miharu Ishikawa
- Tohoku Shinkansen tracks run through, though there is no station
- ~5km to National Route 4
- ~5km to Tohoku JR East Motomiya Station
[edit] External links
- Shirasawa official website in Japanese
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