Editing Funahashi

{{distinguish|Funabashi}}
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| name                    = Funahashi
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| image_caption           = Funahashi Village Office
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| subdivision_type2       = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Toyama Prefecture|Toyama]]
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| subdivision_name3       = [[Nakaniikawa District, Toyama|Nakaniikawa]]
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}}
{{nihongo|'''Funahashi'''|舟橋村|Funahashi-mura}} is a [[List of villages in Japan|village]] located in [[Nakaniikawa District, Toyama|Nakaniikawa District]], [[Toyama Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2024|02|01}}, the village had an estimated [[population]] of 3,304 in 1195 households<ref>[http://www.vill.funahashi.toyama.jp/index.php Funahashi village official statistics]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a [[population density]] of {{convert|952|pd/sqkm}}. The total area of the town was {{convert|3.47|sqkm|sqmi}}, making it the smallest municipality in Japan in terms of area .<ref name=gsi>{{cite web|script-title=ja:北陸地方で面積の大きい市町村上位10位及び面積の小さい市町村上位10位|url=http://www.gsi.go.jp/WNEW/PRESS-RELEASE/2007-0201-d-0201-3.html|work=Geospatial Information Authority of Japan|publisher=GSI|accessdate=September 3, 2011|language=Japanese|date=February 1, 2007}}</ref>

==Geography==
Funahashi is located in central Toyama Prefecture.

===Surrounding municipalities===
*Toyama Prefecture
** [[Kamiichi, Toyama|Kamiichi]]
** [[Tateyama, Toyama|Tateyama]]
** [[Toyama, Toyama|Toyama]]

===Climate===
The town has a [[Humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa'') characterized by hot summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Funahashi is 13.9&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is 2306&nbsp;mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4&nbsp;°C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6&nbsp;°C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/location/761621/ Funahashi climate data]</ref>

==Demographics==
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-toyama.php Funahashi population statistics]</ref> the population of Funahashi has more than doubled over the past 30 years.
{{Historical populations
| 1970 | 1,357
| 1980 | 1,360
| 1990 | 1,371
| 2000 | 2,153
| 2010 | 2,967
| 2020 | 3,132
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| footnote = 
}}

==History==
[[File:Naka-nikkawagun.png|left|frame|Map of Nakaniikawa district in Meiji era, with Funahashi labelled no. 16]]
The area of present-day Funahashi was part of ancient [[Etchū Province]]. The modern village of Funahashi was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Funahashi is the only village left in [[Toyama prefecture]], after any other villages were merged with towns or cities.

==Economy==
Agriculture (rice, [[edamame]], [[acorn squash]]) was traditionally the mainstay of the local economy; however, the village has increasingly become a [[bedroom community]] for nearby Toyama.

==Education==
Funahashi has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

==Transportation==
===Railway===
*[[Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line]]
** {{STN|Etchū-Funahashi|x}}

===Highway===
* The village is not on any national highway or expressway

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{official| http://www.vill.funahashi.toyama.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

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{{Toyama}}

[[Category:Funahashi, Toyama| ]]
[[Category:Villages in Toyama Prefecture]]


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