Komagane

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Komagane

Total population

32,321

Air quality index

39Good

Coordinates35.73°, 137.94°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Komagane is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2019, the city had an estimated population of 32,210 in 12,937 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 165.86 square kilometres (64.04 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Shihomi Shin'ya

Japanese speed skater

S

Shigetoshi Kitahara

Chihiro Miyawaki

T

Teruhiko Komachiya

Japanese writer

M

Masayuki Kawashima

Japanese baseball player

M

Misaki Takimoto

T

Tatsuya Hino

Japanese actor

N

Nobuyoshi Ashibe

Japanese legal scholar

Masaru Nomizo

Japanese politician

I

Inao Itō

Japanese haiku poet

Y

Yohei Shimojima

Japanese Go player

Denichiro Nomizo

Japanese politician (1877-1947)

M

Miharu Okada

N

Nadazō Kitahara

Japanese politician and agronomist

S

Satoshi Saito

ceramist and sculptor (born 1935)

T

Takeshi Kitahara

Japanese chemist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nagano

• 火山
  3.5 mi away
• Iijima
  3.9 mi away · pop. 9,530
• 板取
  4 mi away
• Nakagawa
  6.6 mi away · pop. 4,850
• 南陽
  7.6 mi away
• Kurisawa
  7.6 mi away
• 馬越
  7.8 mi away
• Ichinose
  8 mi away
• 宇津木
  8 mi away
• Kuwahara
  8 mi away
• Yanagizawa
  8.2 mi away
• Kashiwagi
  8.4 mi away

Browse all places in Nagano →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Komagane

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 195 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Yellow spotted lady's-slipper

Cypripedium yatabeanum

Seen 2026-06-25

Wrinkled Frog

Glandirana rugosa

Seen 2026-06-17

Orthetrum japonicum

Orthetrum japonicum

Seen 2026-06-17

Nannophya koreana

Nannophya koreana

Seen 2026-06-17

Libellula quadrimaculata asahinai

Libellula quadrimaculata asahinai

Seen 2026-06-17

Crocothemis servilia mariannae

Crocothemis servilia mariannae

Seen 2026-06-17

Cybister brevis

Cybister brevis

Seen 2026-06-17

Japanese Ricefish

Oryzias latipes

Seen 2026-06-17

Ceriagrion melanurum

Ceriagrion melanurum

Seen 2026-06-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Komagane, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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