Onyū District, Fukui
District in Japan
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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
History
* 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.