Suwa-gun (Nagano)

Suwa-gun ( Japanese : 諏 訪 郡 ), is a district ( gun ) in the center of Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese main island of Honshu . It houses 41,372 inhabitants on 254.89 km² and thus has a population density of 162.3 inhabitants per km² (as of October 1st, 2018). It has two small towns ( machi ) and a village ( mura ). These are Shimosuwa (19.626 Ew.) And Fujimi (14.091 Ew.) And the village of Hara (7655 Ew.). Shimosuwa has the highest population density.

The district of Suwa originated in the ancient provincial and district system as the district of Shinano Province ; in the 8th century there was at times a separate province of Suwa . In the Edo period, the Suwa district belonged to the Principality (-han) Suwa (also Takashima). For the restoration, the circle consisted of around 150 premodern machi and mura . When the prefectural system was introduced instead of the principalities in 1871, Suwa first became part of the Takashima prefecture (-ken) that had arisen from the principality, in the same year from Chikuma and from Nagano in 1876. In 1878 the district was set up in a modern form, the district administration was established in what was then Kami-Suwa-mura ("Village Upper Suwa"; 1941 to the new city of Suwa). In the 1920s, the district administration, district administrator, district committee and district council of Suwa were abolished as everywhere in the country.

After the major Meiji regional reform in 1889, which introduced today's community forms, the Suwa district consisted of 23 village communities. In 1950 there were two small towns and 18 villages. As early as 1955 (Great Shōwa Territorial Reform) the number of communities had dropped to five (the current three plus Osachi and Chino). Since August 1958 (the elevation of Chino to an independent city) the district consists of three municipalities. In the period from 1955 to today, the area of ​​the district fell from about 527 to 255 square kilometers due to the incorporation into the cities of Chino , Okaya and Suwa .

Change of border and name in chronological overview

January 01, 1955 - Incorporation of the village of Minato ( 村 ) into the independent city of Okaya ( 岡 谷 市 ).
February 1, 1955 - Incorporation of the villages of Yonezawa ( 米 沢 村 ), Kitayama ( 北 山村 ), Kohigashi ( 湖 東村 ), Toyohira ( 豊 平 村 ), Tamagawa ( 玉 川村 ), Izumino ( 泉 野村 ), Kanazawa ( 金 沢 村 ) and Miyagi ( 宮 川村 ) to the small town of Chino ( 茅 野 町 ).
February 1, 1955 - The village of Kawagishi ( 川 岸 村 ) is incorporated into the independent city of Okaya ( 岡 谷 市 ).
April 1, 1955 - The villages Nawasu ( 中洲 村 ) and Konami ( Konan ) ( 湖南 村 ) are incorporated into the independent city of Suwa ( 諏 訪 市 ).
April 1, 1955 - The villages Hongo ( 本 郷 村 ), Sakai ( 境 村 ) and Ochiai ( 落 合 村 ) are incorporated into the village of Fujimi ( 富士 見 村 ), which is also elevated to a small town ( 富士 見 町 ).
March 25, 1957 - Incorporation of the village of Osachi ( 長 地 村 ) into the independent city of Okaya ( 岡 谷 市 ).
August 1, 1958 - The small town of Chino is elevated to an independent city ( Stadt 野 市 ),

• The small town of Shimosuwa ( 下 諏 訪 町 ) and the village of Hara ( 原 村 ) have not seen any territorial changes since 1950.

The population development in the district

Results of the October census (s)

VZ year	population		VZ year	population		VZ year	population
2015	42,295		1980	46,779		1947	108,619
2010	44,443		1975	46,465		1940	126,572
2005	45,847		1970	46,597		1935	129,915
2000	46,529		1965	46,246		1930	189.902
1995	46.902		1960	45.105		1925	173,576
1990	46,856		1955	84,383		1920	162,369
1985	47,603		1950	106,497

As a result of the formation of and integration into neighboring urban districts, a population decline to a good quarter of the population of 1920 can be seen in almost a century.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Museum of Japanese History : 旧高旧領取調帳データベース(database of feudal possessions [not only principalities, also Shōgunatsdomäne smaller fiefs, spiritual (Temple, Shrine) possession etc.] and income [s. Kokudaka ] the end of the Shogunats [or shortly afterwards, see notes]) according to the series of publications of the same name (Kimura Motoi: 旧 高 旧 領取 調帳 , 6 vols., Kondō Shuppansha 1969-79), search mask , entries for the Suwa district of Shinano province / Takashima prefecture / Principality of Takashima
2. ↑ 国 勢 調査 統計 ス テ ー シ ョ ン な が の - 長野 県 の 統計 情報 - Nagano Prefecture: Survey of Population by municipality and number of households
   Census results from 1920 to 2015 available as individual xls files (in Japanese), accessed on February 17, 2019