Miyama, Fukui

Miyama (美山町, Miyama-chō) was a town located in Asuwa District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

This article is about the former town in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. There is a town with same name in Kyoto Prefecture, see Miyama, Kyoto, and there was another town named Miyama in Gifu Prefecture which merged into the city of Yamagata.
former Miyama Town Hall

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,044 and a density of 36.62 persons per km². The total area was 137.73 km².

On February 1, 2006, Miyama, along with the town of Shimizu, and the village of Koshino (both from Nyū District), was merged into the expanded city of Fukui.

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