Aichi District, Aichi

Aichi District (愛知郡, Aichi-gun^?) is a rural district located just east of Nagoya in central eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

As of November 1, 2011, the district had an estimated population of 42,084 and a population density of 2,334.1 persons per km². Its total area was 18.03 km².

There is currently only one town in the district:

Aichi District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Owari Province, and its name (under a variety of spellings) appears in Nara period records and artifacts recovered from the ruins of Heijō-kyō Palace. It was occasionally referred to as "Ayuchi" (年魚市、年魚道、吾湯市、阿由知、阿育知^?), although the present name appears to have become standard after the middle of the Edo period. During the Sengoku period, this area was the stronghold of the Oda clan and was the birthplace of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, it came under the control of Owari Domain.

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