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Ōi おおい町 | |
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 Ōi Town Hall | |
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 Location of Ōi in Fukui Prefecture | |
  Ōi | |
| Coordinates:35°28′52.2″N135°37′1,8″E / 35.481167°N 135.61667°E /35.481167; 135.61667 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu (Hokuriku) |
| Prefecture | Fukui |
| District | Ōi |
| Area | |
• Total | 212.19 km2 (81.93 sq mi) |
| Population (April 2018) | |
• Total | 8,102 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| City symbols | |
| -Tree | Myrica rubra |
| -Flower | Sakura |
| Phone number | 0770-77-1111 |
| Address | 71-7-1 Miyazaki, Takahama-cho, Ōi-gun, Fukui-ken 919-2292 |
| Website | www |
Ōi (おおい町,Ōi-chō) is atown located inFukui Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 June 2018[update], the town had an estimatedpopulation of 8,102 and apopulation density of 63 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 212.19 square kilometres (81.93 sq mi). It is one of the fewHiragana towns in Japan.
Ōi is located in the far southwestern corner of Fukui Prefecture, bordered byKyoto Prefecture to the south,Shiga Prefecture to the southeast and the heavily indentedria coast ofObama Bay (withinWakasa Bay) ofSea of Japan to the north. Parts of the town are within the borders of theWakasa Wan Quasi-National Park.
Ōi has aHumid climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ōi is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1949 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.34 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.9 °C.[1]
Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Ōi has declined over the past 30 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 9,291 | — |
| 1980 | 9,156 | −1.5% |
| 1990 | 10,598 | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 9,983 | −5.8% |
| 2010 | 8,580 | −14.1% |
| 2020 | 7,910 | −7.8% |
Ōi is part of ancientWakasa Province. During theEdo period, the area was part of the holdings ofObama Domain. Following theMeiji restoration, it was organised into part ofŌi District in Fukui Prefecture. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the villages of Saburi, Ōshima, and Hongō were established. These villages merged to form the town of Ōi on January 15, 1955. On March 3, 2006, the village ofNatashō, fromOnyū District, was merged into Ōi, which is since written withhiragana instead ofkanji. Before the merger the town was written 大飯町.
The economy of Ōi, previously dependent oncommercial fishing, forestry and agriculture is now very heavily dependent on thenuclear power industry. The partial closure of theŌi Nuclear Power Plant has since the 2011Fukushima Nuclear Disaster has adversely affected the local economy.
Ōi has four public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
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