| Imizu | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Emblem of Imizu, Toyama.svg |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Emblem |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 36.7306°N 137.0756°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu (Hokuriku) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Motoshi Natsuno |
| Area Total Km2: | 109.43 |
| Population Total: | 90807 |
| Population As Of: | October 1, 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | 830.0 |
| Timezone1: | JST |
| Utc Offset1: | +09:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 939-0294 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Symbols |
| Blank Info Sec1: | |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | • Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Fraxinus japonica |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | • Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Dianthus superbus |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | • Flowering tree |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Hydrangea macrophylla |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | • Fish |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Pasiphaea japonica Plecoglossus altivelis |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0766-51-6600 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 410-1 Shinkaihotsu, Imizu-shi, Toyama-ken |
right|270px|thumb| Tonami-yotaka festival held in June
is a city located in Toyama Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 93,447 in 37,734 households[1] and a population density of 850 persons per km². Its total area was 109.43sqkm.
Imizu is located in the Tonami plains of western Toyama Prefecture, with a coastline on the Sea of Japan to the north. Much of the area is a dispersed settlement typical of this region of Japan. Himi has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Imizu is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2380 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.7 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Imizu has remained relatively steady in recent decades.
The area of present-day Imizu was part of ancient Etchū Province, and was governed during the Edo period as part of Kaga Domain.
The modern city of Imizu was established on November 1, 2005, from the merger of the city of Shinminato, the towns of Daimon, Kosugi and Ōshima, and the village of Shimo (all from Imizu District). Imizu District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Imizu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 22 members.
Imizu has fifteen public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the town government, and three public high schools operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education. The prefectural also operates two vocational schools in Imizu.