Kanose, Niigata

Kanose (鹿瀬町, Kanose-machi) was a town located in Higashikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,753 and a population density of 10.68 per km2. The total area was 257.69 km2.

On April 1, 2005, Kanose, along with the town of Tsugawa, and the villages of Kamikawa and Mikawa (all from Higashikanbara District) were merged to create the town of Aga.[1]

In 1964, a chemical factory in the village released methylmercury into the Agano River and caused Niigata Minamata disease.

  1. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 139. 平成 17 年 4 月 1 日に津川町,鹿瀬町,上川村及び三川村が合併し、阿賀町となった。