Eiheiji

Eiheiji is a town located in , , . As of 1 November 2025, the town had an estimated population of 17,504 in 6,695 households and the population density of 185 persons per km2.
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  • Type: Town with 20,400 residents
  • Description: town in Yoshida district, Fukui prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Eiheiji Cho”, “Eiheiji Chō”, “Eiheiji, Fukui”, and “Shihi”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kannonmachi and Matsuoka Station.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station on the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line operated by Echizen Railway in Eiheiji, , Japan. The station is numbered E9.

Railway station
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is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in the town of Eiheiji, , , .

Railway station
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is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Eiheiji, , , .

Eiheiji

Latitude
36.0928° or 36° 5′ 34″ north
Longitude
136.2995° or 136° 17′ 58″ east
Population
20,400
Elevation
317 metres (1,040 feet)
Inception
February 13th, 2006
United Nations Location Code
JP JHE
Open location code
8Q8R37VX+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1891616159
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1864223
Wiki­data ID
Q1303631
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Eiheiji” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيهيجي”
  • Armenian: “Էյհեյձի”
  • Asturian: “Eiheiji”
  • Burmese: “အဲအိဟဲအိဂျိမြို့၊ ဖုခုအိ”
  • Catalan: “Eiheiji”
  • Chinese: “永平寺町”
  • Czech: “Eiheidži”
  • Dutch: “Eiheiji”
  • French: “Eiheiji-chō”
  • French: “Eiheiji”
  • German: “Eiheiji”
  • Hungarian: “Eiheidzsi”
  • Indonesian: “Eiheiji, Fukui”
  • Indonesian: “Eiheiji”
  • Irish: “Eiheiji”
  • Italian: “Eiheiji”
  • Japanese: “Eiheiji-chō”
  • Japanese: “えいへいじちょう”
  • Japanese: “エヘイジチョウ”
  • Japanese: “志比村”
  • Japanese: “永平寺町”
  • Korean: “에이헤이지정”
  • Korean: “에이헤이지초”
  • Malay: “Eiheiji, Fukui”
  • Malay: “Eiheiji”
  • Persian: “ایهیجی، فوکوئی”
  • Persian: “ایهیجی”
  • Polish: “Eiheiji”
  • Portuguese: “Eiheiji”
  • Russian: “Эйхейдзи”
  • Slovenian: “Eiheiji”
  • Slovenian: “Ejhejdži”
  • Spanish: “Eiheiji”
  • Swedish: “Eiheiji”
  • Tagalog: “Eiheiji, Fukui”
  • Tagalog: “Eiheiji”
  • Thai: “ชิฮิ”
  • Thai: “เอเฮจิ”
  • Turkish: “Eiheiji”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейхейджі”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейхейдзі, Фукуй”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейхейдзі”
  • Urdu: “ایہیجی، فوکوئی”

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