Toyoyama, Aichi

Toyoyama 豊山町
Town
Toyoyama Town Office
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Location of Toyoyama in Aichi Prefecture
Toyoyama
Coordinates: 35°15′1.8″N 136°54′43.7″E / 35.250500°N 136.912139°E / 35.250500; 136.912139Coordinates: 35°15′1.8″N 136°54′43.7″E / 35.250500°N 136.912139°E / 35.250500; 136.912139
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu region Tōkai region
Prefecture	Aichi Prefecture
District	Nishikasugai
Area
• Total	6.18 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population (May 2015)
• Total	15,167
• Density	2,450/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Castanopsis
- Flower	Camellia sasanqua
Phone number	0568-28-0001
Address	Toyoyama-chō, Nishikasugai-gun, Aichi-ken 480-0292
Website	Official website

Toyoyama (豊山町, Toyoyama-chō) is a town located in Nishikasugai District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

As of May 2015, the town had an estimated population of 15,167 and a population density of 2450 persons per km². The total area was 6.18 square kilometres (2.39 sq mi). A third of the area of the town is occupied by the old Nagoya Airfield.

Geography

Toyoyama is located in the flatlands of central Aichi Prefecture.

Neighboring municipalities

• Aichi Prefecture
  • Nagoya – Kita-ku
  • Kasugai
  • Kitanagoya
  • Komaki

History

Toyoyama Village was established in 1906 through the merger of Aoyama and Toyoba villages. It was elevated to town status on April 1, 1972.

Economy

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aerospace Division assembles the Mitsubishi Regional Jet in Toyoyama. Nakanihon Air Service, a general aviation operator, is also located in Toyoyama on the airport grounds.^[1]

Education

• Toyoyama has three elementary schools and one middle school.

Transportation

Airport

• Nagoya Airfield

Railway

Toyoyama currently has no passenger train station within town limits.

Highway

• Nagoya Expressway
• Japan National Route 41

Noted people from Toyoyama

• Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player.^[2]

References

External links

Media related to Toyoyama, Aichi at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Japanese)

Aichi Prefecture
Nagoya (capital)
Wards of Nagoya	Atsuta Chikusa Higashi Kita Meitō Midori Minami Minato Mizuho Moriyama Naka Nakagawa Nakamura Nishi Shōwa Tempaku
Core cities	Okazaki Toyohashi Toyota
Special cities	Ichinomiya Kasugai
Cities	Aisai Ama Anjō Chiryū Chita Gamagōri Handa Hekinan Inazawa Inuyama Iwakura Kariya Kitanagoya Kiyosu Komaki Kōnan Miyoshi Nagakute Nishio Nisshin Ōbu Owariasahi Seto Shinshiro Tahara Takahama Tokoname Tōkai Toyoake Toyokawa Tsushima Yatomi
Aichi District	Tōgō
Ama District	Kanie Ōharu Tobishima
Chita District	Agui Higashiura Mihama Minamichita Taketoyo
Kitashitara District	Shitara Tōei Toyone
Nishikasugai District	Toyoyama
Niwa District	Fusō Ōguchi
Nukata District	Kōta
List of mergers in Aichi Prefecture