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Municipal land area in km². A base value for derived metrics (population density, etc.) — larger is not better on its own.
Source: GSI — Survey of Land Area by Prefecture and Municipality
In 2026, Takayama-shi, Gifu recorded the highest Area (2,177.61km²) and Funahashi-mura, Toyama the lowest (3.47km²) among 1,918 municipalities in Japan. The national average is 203.27km². Source: GSI — Survey of Land Area by Prefecture and Municipality.
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▲ The top 5 are tinted sky, ▼ the bottom 5 amber. Ties share a rank (standard competition ranking).
The same metric at prefecture level lives at /ranking/muni_area_km2. For each municipality’s trend and detail, open its page from the municipality index.
Note: trend charts live on each municipality page (/municipality/{code}). This page does one thing — line up the whole country on a single axis.