Takefu
Takefu was a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The city was established on April 1, 1948. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 73,662 and a density of 397.49 persons per km2; about half the population lived in the urban center and half spread among smaller towns and tiny villages spread out among agricultural plains and more remote mountainous areas.- Type: Locality with 75,800 residents
- Description: dissolved municipality in Fukui prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Takebo”, “Takebu”, “Takefu, Fukui”, and “Takehu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Takefu Station and Kitago.
Takefu Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Takefu Station is a railway station on the Hapi-Line Fukui Line in the city of Echizen, Fukui, Japan, operated by Hapi-Line Fukui.
Kitago
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kitago Station is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line railway station located in the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Shikibu
Railway station
Photo: 匿名熱望さん女の子です, CC0.
Shikibu Station is an infill railway station in the city of Echizen, Fukui, Japan, operated by Hapi-Line Fukui. It is projected to be used by around 570 passengers daily.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sabae.
Sabae
Photo: 流しのインストーラ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sabae is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2026, the city had an estimated population of 67,932 in 26,546 households and the population density of 820 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 84.59 square kilometres.
Takefu
- Category: dissolved municipality of Japan
- Location: Echizen, Fukui, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Takefu” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Takefu”
- Cebuano: “Takefu”
- Chinese: “武生市”
- Dutch: “Takefu”
- French: “Takefu”
- Irish: “Takefu”
- Japanese: “武生市”
- Korean: “다케후시”
- Malagasy: “Takefu”
- Polish: “Takefu”
- Portuguese: “Takefu”
- Romanian: “Takefu”
- Tagalog: “Takefu, Fukui”
- Tagalog: “Takefu”
- Tagalog: “Takepu”
- Tajik: “Takefu”
- Tajik: “Такефу”
- Welsh: “Takefu”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Takefu-shin Station and Nishitakefu-eki.
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