Kisogawa, Aichi

was a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

located in Haguri District,

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

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. On April 1, 2005, Kisogawa, along with the city of

Bisai was a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on January 1, 1955. On April 1, 2005, Bisai, along with the town of Kisogawa (from Haguri District), was merged into the expanded city of Ichinomiya. As of 2003, the city had ...

, was merged into the expanded city of

Ichinomiya is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14. The term gave rise t ...

. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 31,684 and a

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of 3,331.65 persons per km². The total area was 9.51 km². Haguri Kisogawa Town km zero

Dissolved municipalities of Aichi Prefecture Ichinomiya, Aichi {{Aichi-geo-stub