Komono

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Komono | official_name = | native_name ={{nobold|{{lang|ja|菰野町}}}} | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = Town  | image_skyline = Komono Town Office.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Komono Town Office | image_flag = Flag of Komono, Mie.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = Emblem of Komono, Mie.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_blank_emblem = | nickname = | motto =  | image_map = Komono in Mie Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Komono in Mie Prefecture | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption =   | coordinates = {{coord|35|1|N|136|30|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint =  | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Kansai | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture | subdivision_name2 = Mie | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Mie  | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for =  | seat_type =  | seat =  | government_footnotes =  | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Takayuki Shibata | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 =   | total_type =  | unit_pref =   | area_magnitude =  | area_footnotes =  | area_total_km2 = 106.89 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note =  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m =  | population_footnotes =  | population_total = 41542 | population_as_of = September 2021 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_demonym =  | population_note =  | timezone1 = Japan Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +9 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST =  | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type =  | area_code =  | blank_name_sec1 = City Symbols | blank1_name_sec1 = - Tree | blank1_info_sec1 = Zelkova serrata | blank2_name_sec1 = - Bird | blank2_info_sec1 = Japanese bush warbler | blank3_name_sec1 = - Beast | blank3_info_sec1 = Japanese serow | blank4_name_sec1 = | blank4_info_sec1 = | blank5_name_sec1 = | blank5_info_sec1 = | blank6_name_sec1 = | blank6_info_sec1 = | blank7_name_sec1 = | blank7_info_sec1 =  | blank_name_sec2 = Phone number | blank_info_sec2 = 059-391-1111 | blank1_name_sec2 = Address | blank1_info_sec2 = 1480 Komoro, Komoro-chō, Mie-gun, Mie-ken 510-1292  | website = {{Official website|www.town.komono.mie.jp/}} | footnotes = }} thumb|right|260px|Gozaisho Ropeway and Komono in distance {{nihongo|'''Komono'''|菰野町|Komono-chō}} is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. {{As of|2021|09|01}}, the town had an estimated population of 41,542 in 16883 households and a population density of 390 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="Komono-hp">{{cite web |url=http://www2.town.komono.mie.jp/www/contents/1001000000644/index.html|title= Komono town official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja}}</ref> The total area of the town was {{convert|106.89|sqkm|sqmi}}.

==Geography== Komono is located in the mountainous region of northern Mie Prefecture, bordering on Shiga Prefecture. Parts of the town are within the limits of the Suzuka Quasi-National Park.

===Neighboring municipalities=== Mie Prefecture *Inabe *Yokkaichi Shiga Prefecture *Higashiōmi *Kōka

==Climate== Komono has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Komono is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1737 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/mie-prefecture/komono-1021600/ Komono climate data]</ref>

==Demographics== Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-mie.php Komono population statistics]</ref> the population of Komono has increased steadily over the past 60 years.

{{Historical populations | 1920 | 16,101 | 1930 | 16,363 | 1940 | 15,849 | 1950 | 20,897 | 1960 | 20,217 | 1970 | 24,187 | 1980 | 29,373 | 1990 | 32,263 | 2000 | 37,972 | 2010 | 39,973 |align = none | footnote = }}

==History== Komoro is located in ancient Ise Province and was the center of 12,000 ''koku'' Komono Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate, ruled by the Hijikata clan from 1600 until the Meiji restoration of 1871. In the establishment of municipalities under the Meiji government’s reforms, it became Komoro village within Mie District of Mie Prefecture on April 1, 1889. Komoro was elevated to town status in 1928.

==Government== Komono has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Komono contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

==Education== Komono has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education..

==Transportation== ===Railway=== 20px Kintetsu Railway Kintetsu Railway – Yunoyama Line *{{STN|Komono|x}} - {{STN|Naka-Komono|x}} - {{STN|Ōbane-en|x}} - {{STN|Yunoyama-Onsen|x}}

===Highway=== * 24px|link=|alt=E1A Shin-Meishin Expressway * {{jct|country=JPN|Route|306}} * {{jct|country=JPN|Route|477}}

== Local attractions == *Gozaisho Ropeway *Yunoyama Onsen

==Notable people== *Takuma Asano, professional football player *Yuki Nishi, professional baseball player *Harutomo Tsuji, professional baseball player *Tomoya Uchida, professional football player

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.town.komono.mie.jp/ Komono official website] {{in lang|ja}}

Category:Towns in Mie Prefecture Category:Komono