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| name = {{raise|0.2em|Matsudo}}

| native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|ja|松戸市}}}}}}

| image_seal = Emblem of Matsudo, Chiba chapter.svg

| established_title = <!--Town Settled -->

| established_date = April 1, 1889

{{Nihongo|'''Matsudo'''|松戸市|Matsudo-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] located in [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2020|11|30}}, the city had an estimated [[population]] of 498,575 in 242,981 households and a [[population density]] of 8100 persons per km².<ref name="Matsudo-hp">{{cite web |url=https://www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp/profile/jinkoutoukei/jinkou/kihondaityou/azabetu-setaisuu.files/mpop2020.pdf |title= Matsudo city official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja}}</ref> The total area of the city is {{convert|61.38|sqkm|sqmi}}.

===Climate===

Matsudo has a [[Humidhumid subtropical climate]] (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Matsudo is 15.0&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is 1399&nbsp;mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8&nbsp;°C, and lowest in January, at around 4.5&nbsp;°C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/chiba/matsudo-764631/ Matsudo climate data]</ref>

Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-chiba.php Matsudo population statistics]</ref> the population of Matsudo has increased very rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s, and has continued to grow at a slower pace since.

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The area around Matsudo has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and archaeologists have found remains from the [[Jōmon period]], as well as [[kofun|burial tumuli]] from the [[Kofun period]]. During the [[Edo period]], the area was ''[[tenryō]]'' controlled directly by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], and contained a number of horse ranches providing [[war horse]]s for the Shōgun's armies. It also developed as a [[shukuba|post station]] on the [[Mito Kaidō]] connecting [[Edo]] with [[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]], and supplied vegetables and the produce to [[Edo]] via its waterways. Matsudo Shrine has a close connection with [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] and the Matsudo Tojo was the residence of [[Tokugawa Akitake]], the last ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Mito Domain]] after the [[Meiji restoration]].

Matsudo is a regional commercial center and a [[bedroom community]] for nearby Chiba and Tokyo, with some 37% of the population commentingcommuting to Tokyo. Although located in Chiba Prefecture, the city has relatively poor transportation connections to Chiba City. The city has a mixed industrial base. The small electric motor manufacturer, [[Mabuchi Motor]] is headquartered in Matsudo.

Matsudo has 45 public elementary schools and 20 public middlejunior high schools operated by the city government,, and eight public high schools operated by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates three special education schools for the handicapped. The city also has one private elementary school, two private middle schools and two private high schools.

==Sister city relationscities==

*{{flagicon|Australia}} – [[Box Hill, Victoria]], Australia, since May 12, 1971.<ref name=International>{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=12&n=Chiba%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|language=en|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204202/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=12&n=Chiba%20Prefecture|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> since May 12, 1971. When Box Hill amalgamated with [[City of Nunawading|Nunawading]] in December 1994, the relationship was re-affirmed with the new [[City of Whitehorse]]. A small, multi-story department store attached to Matsudo train station bears the name "Box Hill".

*{{flagicon|Japan}} – [[Kurayoshi, Tottori]], Japan