Ōshima, Niigata

Former municipality in Hokuriku, Japan

Oshima

大島村

Former municipality

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Country| Japan
Region| Hokuriku
Prefecture| Niigata Prefecture
District| Higashikubiki District
Merged| January 1, 2005
(now part of Jōetsu)
Area

• Total

| 71.64 km2 (27.66 sq mi)
Population

(2003)

• Total

| 2,312
Time zone| UTC+09:00 (JST)
Wards in Jōetsu City.

Ōshima (大島村, Ōshima-mura) was a village located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,312 and a density of 32.27 persons per km2. The total area was 71.64 km2.

On January 1, 2005, Ōshima, along with the town of Yasuzuka, the villages of Maki and Uragawara (all from Higashikubiki District), the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District), and the town of Nadachi (from Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.[1][2]

Since the merger, the village has been Ōshima-ku (大島区), a subdivision of Jōetsu City.

## Transportation

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### Railway

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Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line

* Hokuhoku-Ōshima

### Highway

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* National Route 253
* National Route 403

## See also

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* Jōetsu, Niigata

## References

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1. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139\. "Yasuzuka-machi, Uragawara-mura, Oshima-mura, Maki-mura, Kakizaki-machi, Ogata-machi, Kubiki-mura, Yoshikawa-machi, Nakago-mura, Itakura-machi, Kiyosato-mura, Sanwa-mura and Nadachi-machi were incorporated into Joetsu-shi as of January 1, 2005."
2. ^ "上越市の概要 - 上越市ホームページ". Joetsu City. Retrieved 2024-02-06.

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Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture

Niigata|

| 2001|

* Kurosaki

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2005|

* Niitsu
* Shirone
* Toyosaka
* Kameda
* Kosudo
* Yokogoshi
* Ajikata
* Iwamuro
* Katahigashi
* Maki
* Nakanokuchi
* Nishikawa
* Tsukigata

Murakami|

| 2008|

* Arakawa
* Asahi
* Kamihayashi
* Sanpoku

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Tainai|

| 2005|

* Kurokawa
* Nakajō

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Shibata|

| 2003|

* Toyoura

|

2005|

* Kajikawa
* Shiunji

Agano|

| 2004|

* Kyōgase
* Sasakami
* Suibara
* Yasuda

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Gosen|

| 2005|

* Muramatsu

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Aga|

| 2005|

* Kamikawa
* Kanose
* Mikawa
* Tsugawa

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Tsubame|

| 2006|

* Bunsui
* Yoshida

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Sanjō|

| 2005|

* Sakae
* Shitada

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Nagaoka|

| 2005|

* Koshiji
* Mishima
* Nakanoshima
* Oguni
* Yamakoshi

|

2006|

* Tochio
* Teradomari
* Washima
* Yoita

2010|

* Kawaguchi

Kashiwazaki|

| 2005|

* Nishiyama
* Takayanagi

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Tōkamachi|

| 2005|

* Kawanishi
* Matsudai
* Matsunoyama
* Nakasato

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Uonuma|

| 2004|

* Hirokami
* Horinouchi
* Irihirose
* Koide
* Sumon
* Yunotani

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Minamiuonuma|

| 2004|

* Muikamachi
* Yamato

|

2005|

* Shiozawa

Jōetsu|

| 2005|

* Itakura
* Kakizaki
* Kiyosato
* Kubiki
* Maki
* Nadachi
* Nakagō
* Ōgata
* Ōshima
* Sanwa
* Uragawara
* Yasuzuka
* Yoshikawa

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Myōkō (Arai)|

| 2005|

* Myōkō
* Myōkōkōgen

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Itoigawa|

| 2005|

* Nō
* Ōmi

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Sado|

| 2004|

* Ryōtsu
* Aikawa
* Akadomari
* Hamochi
* Hatano
* Kanai
* Mano
* Niibo
* Ogi
* Sawata

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List of mergers in Niigata Prefecture

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Japan

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