Nonoichi 野々市市 | |
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 Nonoichi City Hall | |
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 Location of Nonoichi in Ishikawa Prefecture | |
  Nonoichi | |
| Coordinates:36°31′9.9″N136°36′35.2″E / 36.519417°N 136.609778°E /36.519417; 136.609778 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu (Hokuriku) |
| Prefecture | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Government | |
| • - Mayor | Tadaaki Awa |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.56 km2 (5.24 sq mi) |
| Population (January 31, 2024) | |
• Total | 54,112 |
| • Density | 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| City symbols | |
| -Tree | Camellia japonica |
| -Flower | Camellia japonica |
| Phone number | 076-227-600 |
| Address | 1-1 Minō, Nonoichi-shi, Ishikawa-ken 921-8510 |
| Website | Official website |
Nonoichi (野々市市,Nonoichi-shi) is acity located inIshikawa Prefecture,Japan. As of 31 January 2014[update], the city had an estimatedpopulation of 54,112 in 25,381 households, and apopulation density of 4,000 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city was 13.56 square kilometres (5.24 sq mi).
Nonoichi is in central Ishikawa Prefecture, sandwiched between the geographically much larger cities ofKanazawa andHakusan. The city is located on flatlands on the fertile floodplain of theTedori River
Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Nonoichi has grown rapidly over the past 50 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 13,598 | — |
| 1980 | 31,817 | +134.0% |
| 1990 | 39,769 | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 45,581 | +14.6% |
| 2010 | 51,885 | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 57,238 | +10.3% |
Nonoichi has ahumid continental climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nonoichi is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2,542 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C.[3]
The area around Nonoichi was part of ancientKaga Province. The area became partKaga Domain under theEdo periodTokugawa shogunate, and nonoichi was apost station on theHokuriku kaidō highway.[4] Following theMeiji restoration, the area was organised intoIshikawa District, Ishikawa. The village of Nonoichi was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to town status on July 1, 1924. A referendum to merge with the city of Kanazawa was rejected in 1937. On April 1, 1955, Nonoichi expanded by annexing the neighbouring village of Tomioka. Nonoichi was elevated to city status on November 11, 2011. Ishikawa District was dissolved as a result of this merger.[5]
Nonoichi has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city legislature of 15 members.
Nonoichi is primarily abedroom community for the city of Kanazawa. Local industries include agriculture andfood processing.
Nonoichi has five public elementary schools and two middle schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school.
Effective 16 March 2024,JR West no longer operates in Nonoichi as its operations on theHokuriku Main Line have since been transferred to theIR Ishikawa Railway.[6]
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