Fukui City

Fukui Prefecture · City

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Prefectural capital

Fukui City is the prefectural capital. It began with Kitanosho Castle, built by Shibata Katsuie, and grew as the castle town of the Fukui Domain. Because it recovered from air raids and the Fukui Earthquake, it uses the phoenix as its symbol. It has the Ichijodani Asakura Family Historic Ruins, the castle town site of the Asakura warlords. Its six-row barley ranks 3rd in Japan.

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Population: 251,775 102nd in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −4.0% 1,184th in Japanfrom 262,328 in 2020
Area: 536 km² 187th in Japan
Population density: 469 people/km² 538th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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