Kagamino

Kagamino
Kagamino ; 鏡野町
	Town
	Flag Emblem
	Location of Kagamino in Okayama Prefecture
	Kagamino Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 35°6′N 133°56′E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku; San'yō
Prefecture	Okayama Prefecture
District	Tomata
Area
• Total	419.69 km2 (162.04 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	14,651
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Website	www.town.kagamino.lg.jp

Kagamino (鏡野町, Kagamino-chō) is a town located in Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

On March 1, 2005 Kagamino absorbed the town of Okutsu, and the villages of Kamisaibara and Tomi, all from Tomata District, to form the new town of Kagamino, with a combined total area of 419.69 km² (162 sq mi). The combined population of the towns, using the 2003 estimates, would be 14,651.

As of 2003 (before the merger), the town had an estimated population of 11,188 and a density of 91.52 persons per km². The total area was 122.24 km² (47 sq mi).

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Kagamino is twinned with:

Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland[1]

References

"Association Suisse des Communes et Régions d'Europe". L'Association suisse pour le Conseil des Communes et Régions d'Europe (ASCCRE) (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2013-07-20.

External links

Media related to Kagamino, Okayama at Wikimedia Commons
Kagamino official website (in Japanese)

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[Swiss_twinnings-1] "Association Suisse des Communes et Régions d'Europe". L'Association suisse pour le Conseil des Communes et Régions d'Europe (ASCCRE) (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2013-07-20.