Nyū (丹生郡, Nyū-gun) is a district in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2005, the district has an estimated population of 23,995 with a density of 157 persons per km2. The total area is 152.83 km2.
Municipalities
The district consists of one town:
History
* yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period
- Echizen-machi
District Timeline
Recent mergers
- On February 1, 2005 - The towns of Asahi and Ota, and the village of Miyazaki were merged into the expanded town of Echizen.[1]
- On February 1, 2006 - The town of Shimizu and the village of Koshino, along with the town of Miyama (from Asuwa District), were merged into the expanded city of Fukui.