 On February 1, 2006, the town of Miyama (from Asuwa District), the town of Shimizu, and the village of Koshino (both from Nyū District) were merged into Fukui.Fukui's city status was elevated into a core city on April 1, 2019.Fukui has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 32 members.