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Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Francei
Regional Level Types
BlayeArrondissement
GirondeDepartment
Nouvelle-AquitaineRegion
FranceCountry

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Area:
6.0 km2
Locality type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Blaye5,277 (2016)
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde3,365 (2016)
Bourg2,323 (2016)
Saint-Savin2,263 (2016)
Pugnac2,056 (2016)
Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye1,955 (2016)
Other Languages:
French:
Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
German:
Arrondissement Blaye, Département Gironde, Neuaquitanien, Frankreich
Italian:
arrondissement di Blaye, Gironda, Nuova Aquitania, Francia
Russian:
Блай, Жиронда, Новая Аквитания, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
布莱, 吉倫特省, 新阿基坦大区, 法国
Spanish:
Distrito de Blaye, Gironda, Nueva Aquitania, Francia
Albanian:
Qarku Blaye, Gironda, Akuitania e Re, Franca
Aragonese:
Blaya, Gironda, Nueva Aquitania, Francia
Azeri:
Blay , Jirond, Yeni Akvitaniya, Fransa
Basque:
Blaia, Gironda, Akitania Berria, Frantzia
Breton:
arondisamant Blaye, Gironda, Akitania-Nevez, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Blaia, Gironda, Nova Aquitània, França
Cebuano:
Arrondissement de Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pransiya
Czech:
Arrondissement Blaye, Gironde, Nová Akvitánie, Francie
Dutch:
Arrondissement Blaye, Gironde, Nieuw-Aquitanië, Frankrijk
Farsi/Persian:
بلای, ژیروند, نوول-آکیتن, فرانسه
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα του Μπλάιγ, Ζιρόντ, Νέα Ακουιτανία, Γαλλία
Hebrew:
בלאי, ז'ירונד, אקיטן החדשה, צרפת
Indonesian:
Arondisemen Blaye, Gironde, Aquitaine-Baru, Perancis
Japanese:
ブライ, ジロンド県, ヌーヴェル=アキテーヌ地域圏, フランス
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Бле, Жиронда, Франция
Latin:
Blavia, Girundia, Nova Aquitania, Francia
Luxembourgish:
Arrondissement Blaye, Departement Gironde, Nei-Aquitaine, Frankräich
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Blaye Kūn, Gironde, Hoat-kok
Occitan:
Blaia, Gironda, Nòva Aquitània, França
Polish:
Okręg Blaye, Żyronda, Nowa Akwitania, Francja
Romanian:
Arondismentul Blaye, Gironde, Franța
Serbian:
Бле, Жиронда, Нова Аквитанија, Француска
Slovak:
Blaye, Gironde, Nové Akvitánsko, Francúzsko
Tatar:
Блай , Франция
Ukrainian:
Бле, Жиронда, Нова Аквітанія, Франція
Vietnamese:
Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pháp


"North of Bordeaux on the D910 until Saint-André-de-Cubzac where you follow the D669 to the northwest. At the 'Carrières de la Citadelle' [there is] limestone, marl, and pieces of quartz." [Belot, 1978]

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1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner (Guides Horay). Pierre Horay (Ed.), 224 pp.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2

Fossils

There are 5 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences14
Youngest Fossil Listed28.1 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed47.8 Ma (Eocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Calcaire a Asteries133.9 - 28.1 Ma (Oligocene)
Calcaire d'Octroi341.3 - 38 Ma (Eocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Protosiren
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Protosirenidae : Protosiren47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Trionyx
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Trionyx41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Testudinidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Eotheroides
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Eotheroides47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Palaeotherium
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Palaeotheriidae : Palaeotherium41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Protosiren minima
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Protosirenidae : Protosiren : Protosiren minima47.8 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Subepona promeces
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Subepona : Subepona promeces41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Cypraedia blaiaensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Cypraedia : Cypraedia blaiaensis41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Cypraedia aillana
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Cypraedia : Cypraedia aillana41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Akrochelys neuvillei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Carettochelyidae : Akrochelys : Akrochelys neuvillei47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
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References

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Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner (Guides Horay). Pierre Horay (Ed.), 224 pp.

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Blaye
Wikidata ID:Q268470
GeoNames ID:3032294

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