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Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
Regional Level Types
Pont-du-ChâteauCommune
Clermont-FerrandArrondissement
Puy-de-DômeDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Pont-du-Château9,474 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
48600
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48600:9
GUID (UUID V4):
ee5d0090-337d-42c2-95f6-6ec1377a827f
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Other Languages:
French:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Département Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
蓬迪沙托, 克莱蒙费朗, 多姆山省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Pont-du-Château, Clarmont-Ferrand, Puèi Domat, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Asturian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Faransi
Basque:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puèi Domat, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Pont del Chastèl, Clarmont d'Alvèrnia, Puèi Domat, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Пон-дю-Шато, Клермон-Ферран, Франци
Corsican:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Francuska
Czech:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme'i departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Frakland
Finnish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Pont-du-Château, Cllârmont-Fèrrand, Pué-de-Dôma, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Galician:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Departimento Puy-de-Dome, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Frans
Japanese:
ポン=デュ=シャトー, クレルモン=フェラン, ピュイ=ド=ドーム県, オーヴェルニュ=ローヌ=アルプ地域圏, フランス
Kabyle:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransa
Kongo:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Fwalansa
Latin:
Pont-du-Château, Augustonemetum, Mons Dumae, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Pont-du-Château, Klermonferāna, Pijdedoma, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransa
Limburgian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Pont-du-Château, Klermonas-Feranas, Piui de Domas, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Departement Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Frantsa
Malay:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand Kūn, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Franza
Norwegian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankrike
Occitan:
Pont dau Chastèl, Clarmont-Ferrand, Puèi Domat, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransia
Picard:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Franche
Piedmontese:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Frantza
Scots:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Turkish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Пон-дю-Шато, Клермон-Ферран, Пюї-де-Дом, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransiya
Venetian:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Fransän
Walloon:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Waray:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Faraas
Zulu:
Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, IFulansi


"East of Clermont on the N89. A few hundred meters before the city on the right, there is an old gravel quarry with chalcedonic silex and quartz." [Belot, 1978]

Pont-du-Château (French: [pɔ̃ dy ʃɑto]; Auvergnat: Pont dau Chastèl; literally 'Bridge of the Castle') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Located 15 km from Clermont-Ferrand (15 minutes by car), Pont-du-Château lies at the crossroad of motorways connecting Paris to Barcelona and Lyon to Bordeaux. Pont-du-Château joined the Clermont commune on 1 January 2004.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
var. Opal-CT4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H Opal var. Opal-CTSiO2 · nH2O
OOxygen
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
O Opal var. Opal-CTSiO2 · nH2O
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Opal var. Opal-CTSiO2 · nH2O

Fossils

There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Chelydropsis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Chelydropsis33.9 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont-du-Ch%C3%A2teau
Wikidata ID:Q375535
GeoNames ID:6440138

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