Iida

Iida City Hall
Iida-shi ; 飯田市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūbu
Prefecture :	Nagano
Coordinates :	35 ° 31 ' N , 137 ° 50' E Coordinates: 35 ° 30 '41 " N , 137 ° 49' 30" E
Basic data
Surface:	658.76 km²
Residents :	98,129 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	149 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	20205-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Cultivated apple
Flower :	Rhododendron dilatatum
town hall
Address :	Iida City Hall ; 2534 Ōkubo-chō; Iida -shi ; Nagano 395-8501
Website URL:	http://www.city.iida.lg.jp/
Location Iidas in Nagano Prefecture

Iida ( Japanese 飯田市 , - shi ) is a city in the south of Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese main island of Honshu . Iida is the largest city in the Ina Basin and therefore also the largest city in the south of the prefecture, known as nanshin .

geography

The Tenryū River flows through the city from north to south.

history

Iida was founded as a castle town around 1195 by Kondō Kaneie. The castle was later used by the Sakanishi family, then came to the Ogasawara in 1390 , who lost it to the Takeda in 1548 . Oda Nobunaga gave the castle to Mōri Hideyori in 1582 , Toyotomi Hideyoshi then to Kyogōku Takatomo in 1592. Under the Tokugawa, the castle was successively again given the Ogasawara in 1601, the Wakizaka in 1617 and finally the Hori from 1672 to 1868 with an income of 17,000 koku .

With the introduction of the modern municipal regulations influenced by the Prussian model in 1889, Iida was expanded as a district town (- machi ) in the district of Shimo-Ina ("Unter-Ina") to include parts of the village Kami-Iida ("Upper Iida"). The district administration of sub-Ina was already 1878/79 in the final division of the circle Ina been established in Iida. With the merger of the former communities of Iida and Kamiiida on April 1, 1937, Iida became a district-free district as - shi . The urban area grew through further incorporations from the district in 1956, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1993 and 2005.

In 1947 the major fire in Iida ( Iida taika ) devastated the business district in the city center and destroyed around 4,000 houses.

traffic

Iida train station

Tenryūkyō

Iida can be reached via the Chūō Highway and national roads 151, 152, 153, 256 and 418. The Iida line operated by JR Central runs through the city, including the Iida and Tenryūkyō stations . An underground station is planned on the Chūō-Shinkansen maglev train , which will open in 2027.