Kawagoe Town

Mie Prefecture · Town

Kawagoe Town, in Mie District, is the second-smallest municipality in the prefecture by area after Asahi Town, but 100% of its land is habitable. JERA's Kawagoe Thermal Power Station faces Ise Bay, and visitors can learn how electricity works at the Kawagoe Denryokukan "Tera 46." The Mie-Kawagoe Interchange of the Isewangan Expressway is also here.

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Population: 15,786 988th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: +4.4% 27th in Japanfrom 15,123 in 2020
Area: 8.72 km² 1,704th in Japan
Population density: 1,810 people/km² 234th 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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