was a village

Villages of Japan

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 located in Adachi District

Adachi District, Fukushima

is a district located in Fukushima, Japan. As of January 2007, the district has a population of 8,577 and an area of 79.46 km², for a population density of 107.9 per km².- History :...

, Fukushima

Fukushima Prefecture

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, Japan

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On January 1, 2007, Shirasawa was merged with the former town of Motomiya, also from Adachi District

Adachi District, Fukushima

is a district located in Fukushima, Japan. As of January 2007, the district has a population of 8,577 and an area of 79.46 km², for a population density of 107.9 per km².- History :...

, to form the new city of Motomiya

Motomiya, Fukushima (City)

is a city situated in the middle of Nakadōri region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2011, the estimated population of the city is 31,413 and the total area is 87.94 km². It is the smallest city in Fukushima, both in terms of population and size...

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Demographics

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population

Population

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 of 9,388 as of September 2005 and a density

Population density

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of 191.24 persons per km². The total area was 48.40 km².

Shirasawa had an average of 4.36 members per household, which was the highest in Japan.

History

Shirasawa was founded when the villages of Shiraiwa (白岩村;-mura) and Wagisawa(和木沢村;-mura) merged in April 1955.

Education

Public Schools

(Shirasawa Village School District, now Motomiya City School District)

• Shirasawa Junior High School
• Nukazawa Elementary School
• Wada Elementary School
• Shiraiwa Elementary School

Transportation

• Fukushima Route 28, Motomiya to Miharu
• Fukushima Route 40, Iino to Miharu Ishikawa
• Tohoku Shinkansen tracks run through, though there is no station
• ~5 km to National Route 4
• ~5 km to Tohoku JR East Motomiya Station