Fukui [city] - Fukui

Japanese: 福井[市] - ふくい

A city in central Fukui Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1889 and is the prefectural capital. Facing the Sea of Japan, it occupies the southern part of the Fukui Plain and the northern part of the Nyu Mountains. The central city, which straddles both banks of the Asuwa River, developed as a castle town for the Matsudaira clan, a related clan of the Tokugawa clan. It was destroyed in World War II and the 1948 Fukui earthquake, but was rebuilt based on a new urban plan, and although it has one of the highest rates of sewerage coverage and urban parks in the country, there is almost no trace of the castle town. It is a junction of the Hokuriku Main Line and the Echizen-Minami Hokuriku Line, and is served by the Echizen Railway, Fukui Railway, Hokuriku Expressway, and National Route 8. It is known for its silk, rayon, and synthetic textiles, such as traditional habutae, and machinery and plastic processing industries are also carried out, and the city's industries are the second largest in the prefecture in terms of manufacturing shipment value (2003). There is Fukui University, Asuwayama Park, and Fujishima Shrine, and the coastal area is part of the Echizen Kaga Coast Quasi-National Park. Ichijodani in the southeast of the city was the castle site of the Asakura clan in the Middle Ages, and its ruins (special historic site) and gardens (places of scenic beauty) remain. In February 2006, the city incorporated Miyama Town in Asuwa County, Shimizu Town in Nyu County, and Koshino Village. 536.41 ^km2 . Population: 266,796 (2010).
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福井県中部の市。1889年市制。県庁所在地。日本海に面し，福井平野南部と丹生(にゅう)山地北部を占める。足羽(あすわ)川両岸にまたがる中心市街は徳川家の親藩松平氏の城下町として発達。第２次世界大戦の戦災と1948年の福井地震で壊滅したが，新都市計画に基づき復興，下水道普及率，都市公園率は全国有数であるが，城下町の面影はほとんど残っていない。北陸本線と越美北線の分岐点で，えちぜん鉄道，福井鉄道，北陸自動車道，国道８号線が通じる。伝統の羽二重など絹・人絹・合繊織物の産で知られ，機械・プラスチック加工工業も行われ，市の工業は県内で製造品出荷額２位（2003）を占める。福井大学，足羽山公園，藤島神社があり，海岸部は越前加賀海岸国定公園に属する。市域南東部の一乗谷は中世朝倉氏の居城地で，その遺跡（特別史跡），庭園（名勝）が残る。2006年２月足羽郡美山町，丹生郡清水町，越廼村を編入。536.41km²。26万6796人（2010）。
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