former Noto Town Office was a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

located in Fugeshi District,

Ishikawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,096,721 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,186 Square kilometre, km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Pr ...

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 10,596 and a

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of 91.76 persons per km². The total area was 115.48 km². On March 1, 2005, Noto absorbed the village of Yanagida (also from Fugeshi District), and the town of Uchiura (from Suzu District), to create the new town of

Noto Noto (; ) is a city and in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. It is southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Iblean Mountains. It lends its name to the surrounding area Val di Noto. In 2002 Noto and its church were decl ...

(in the newly created

Hōsu District, Ishikawa is a district located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The current total area is 456.69 km2. Towns The district consists of two towns: * Anamizu * Noto History On March 1, 2005 the village of Yanagida and the town of Noto (both from Fug ...

, which was created at the same day) and no longer exists as in independent

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External links

Official website
Dissolved municipalities of Ishikawa Prefecture Noto, Ishikawa {{Ishikawa-geo-stub