Yōrō (Gifu)

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Yōrō-chō
養老 町
Yōrō
Geographical location in Japan
Yōrō (Gifu) (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Chūbu
Prefecture : Gifu
Coordinates : 35 ° 19 '  N , 136 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 18 '30 "  N , 136 ° 33' 41"  E
Basic data
Surface: 72.29 km²
Residents : 27,180
(June 1, 2019)
Population density : 376 inhabitants per km²


Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Yōrō
Tree : Buxus microphylla
Flower : Chrysanthemum morifolium
town hall
Address : Yōrō Town Hall
798 Takada
Yōrō -chō, Yōrō-gun
Gifu  503-1392
Website URL: http://www.town.yoro.gifu.jp
Location Yōrōs in Gifu Prefecture
Location of Yōrōs in the prefecture

Yōrō ( Japanese 養老 町 - chō ) is a city and the only remaining municipality in the Yōrō district of the Japanese prefecture of Gifu .

history

The area of ​​today's city of Yōrō was under the Ritsuryō division of antiquity a part of the Tagi and Ishizu districts of the Mino province . In the Edo period it was divided between the shogunate domain and various principalities .

After the Meiji Restoration , the area became part of Gifu with the abolition of the principalities and the subsequent prefectural mergers in 1872. In 1897, the Yōrō ( Yōrō-gun ) district was created through the merger of the previous Tagi and Kami-Ishizu ("Upper Ishizu") districts. In the new district, the communities that have existed since the introduction of today's community types in 1889 were rearranged: In addition to the city ( -chō ) Takada ( 高田 町 ) 13 villages ( -mura / -son ) in the district, including one village Yōrō .

Since 1913, the area has a railway connection through the Yōrō Railway ( Yōrō Tetsudō ) .

In 1954, during the great Shōwa territorial reform, most of the parishes in Yōrō County - namely the city of Takada and the villages of Yōrō, Hirohata, Kamitado, Ikebe, Kasago, Kobata, Tagi and Hiyoshi, and the district of Murohara of the village of Aihara - merged to form the city of Yōrō . A referendum to incorporate the city into zugaki was averted in 2004.

Yōrō has been a twin town of Bad Soden in Hesse since February 2004 , and a friendship certificate was signed as early as 1991. The city was spared the Tōhoku earthquake in March 2011, as well as the subsequent tsunami and nuclear disaster .

geography

The city is located in the southwestern part of Gifu Prefecture . To the west is the Yōrō Mountains and to the east the plains of Ibi . The Makita flows through the city. The climate is characterized by hot and humid summers and mild winters. The average annual temperature in Yōrō is 15.3  ° C ; the annual average precipitation is 1840 mm, with September being the rainiest month of the year. The highest temperature is around 2.6 ° C in August, the lowest around 4.1 ° C.

Adjacent communities of Yōrō are in the northeast and southwest the independent city of kreisgaki , which consists of three unconnected areas, and the city of Kaizu in the south, in the north the city of Tarui in Fuwa County , in the east the city of Wanouchi in Anpachi County and in the southwest Inabe in of Mie Prefecture .

Demographics

According to the Japanese census, the population of Yōrō has remained largely constant over the past forty years.

year Residents
1970 27,766
1980 31,371
1990 33.102
2000 33,256
2010 31,332
2015 29,029

education

In Yōrō there are seven urban primary schools and the two urban middle schools Takada and Tōbu ("eastern part"). Also in Yōrō is the prefecture-run Ōgaki-Yōrō high school (Gifu kenritsu Ōgaki Yōrō kōtō-gakkō) , which was created in 2005 through the merger of the Ōgaki agricultural high school and the Yōrō high school for girls.

traffic

Railway line

The motorway junction under construction at Yōrō, 2013.

The Yōrō line of the private Yōrō Tetsudō (English "Yoro Railway"), which crosses the northeastern side of the Yōrō Mountains and connects the cities of Ibigawa in the west of Gifu Prefecture with Kuwana in the north of Mie Prefecture , crosses the Yōrō station . Other stations in the city are Mino Takada Station and Karasue Station .

Road connection

Yōrō is located near the Meishin Highway . A highway crossing to the Tōkai ring highway ( Tōkai kanjō jidōshadō , English "Tokai-Kanjo Expressway") was planned and is under construction. The national road 258 ( kokudō 258-gō , English "Japan National Route 258"), which connects Ōgaki with Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, passes Yōrō.

Twin cities

Attractions

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yōrō-chō: History (Japanese)
  2. ↑ Andrea Rost: Everything quiet about Yoro-cho. Frankfurter Rundschau , March 15, 2011, accessed on July 9, 2018 .
  3. ^ Climatological data from Yōrō
  4. ↑ Yōrō population statistics
  5. ^ City of Yōrō: catchment areas of the urban elementary and middle schools (Japanese)
  6. ↑ Education Committee of the City of Yōrō (Japanese)
  7. ↑ Gifu Prefecture Education Committee (Japanese)
  8. ↑ 岐阜 県 立 大 垣 養老 高等学校