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Matsumoto
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Matsumoto
Total population
227,579
Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Matsumoto is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a core city since 1 April 2021. As of 1 March 2019, the city had a population of 239,466 in 105,207 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 978.47 square kilometres (377.79 sq mi).
History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves661
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 · Aves657
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves646
- Varied TitPoecile varius (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) · Aves521
- Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves436
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves375
- Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves372
- Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves367
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2026-05-1925 km NW of Takayama, Japan
- M 4.9 — 2026-04-1810 km SSW of Hakuba, Japan
- M 4.9 — 2026-04-1812 km NNW of Ōmachi, Japan
- M 5.1 — 2026-01-1519 km WSW of Toyoshina, Japan
- M 4.7 — 2026-01-1521 km WSW of Hotaka, Japan
- M 4.3 — 2025-11-1523 km WNW of Takayama, Japan
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here






People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Matsumoto
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan
- JIS code
- 202029
- Population (Wikidata)
- 239,115
- Wikidata
- Q213324
JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai code via Wikidata P429 (prefecture, municipality)
- • e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429