Miyama, Fukui

This article is about the former town in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. There is a town with same name in Kyoto Prefecture, see Miyama, Kyoto, and there was another town named Miyama in Gifu Prefecture which merged into the city of Yamagata.

Miyama (美山町, Miyama-chō) was a town located in Asuwa District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,044 and a density of 36.62 persons per km². The total area was 137.73 km².

On February 1, 2006, Miyama, along with the town of Shimizu, and the village of Koshino (both from Nyū District), was merged into the expanded city of Fukui.

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