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La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
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La BourbouleCommune
IssoireArrondissement
Puy-de-DômeDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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Montdorite

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Montdorite, etc.

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Montdorite

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Montdorite

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Montdorite, etc.

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Montdorite

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Montdorite

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Montdorite, etc.

Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neighbouring regions:
Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
La Tour-d'Auvergne, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Murat-le-Quaire, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Mont-Dore, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
La Bourboule2,162 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
1682
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1682:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Other Languages:
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French:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Département Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Russian:
Ла-Бурбуль, Исуар, Пюи-де-Дом, Овернь — Рона — Альпы, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
拉布尔布尔, 伊苏瓦尔, 多姆山省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Aragonese:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puèi Domat, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Armenian:
Լա Բուրբուլ, Պյուի-դը-Դոմ, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Faransi
Basque:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
La Borbola, Soire, Puèi Domat, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
La Borbola, Soire, Puèi Domat, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Ла Бурбуль, Исуар, Франци
Corsican:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Francuska
Czech:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Frankriek
Esperanto:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme'i departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Frakland
Finnish:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Pué-de-Dôma, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, France
Galician:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Departimento Puy-de-Dome, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
La Bourboule, Issoire, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Frans
Kabyle:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Fransa
Kongo:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Fwalansa
Latin:
La Bourboule, Iciodurum, Mons Dumae, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Pijdedoma, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Fransa
Limburgian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Piui de Domas, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Departement Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Frantsa
Malay:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Perancis
Minangkabau:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Franza
Norwegian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankrike
Occitan:
La Borbola, Soire, Puèi Domat, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Fransia
Picard:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Franche
Piedmontese:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Frantscha
Sardinian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Frantza
Scots:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Бурбул, Пиј де Дом, Оверња-Рона-Алпи, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Bourboule, Puy-de-Dôme, Francuska
Sicilian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Turkish:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Ла-Бурбуль, Іссуар, Пюї-де-Дом, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Urdu:
لا بوربولی, پوی-دو-دوم, اوویغنئے-غون-آلپ, فرانس
Uzbek (Latin Script):
La Bourboule, Issoire, Fransiya
Venetian:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Fransän
Walloon:
La Bourboule, Issoire, France
Waray:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
La Bourboule, Issoire, Faraas
Zulu:
La Bourboule, Issoire, IFulansi


La Bourboule (French pronunciation: [la buʁbul]; Auvergnat: La Borbola) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

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7 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ⓘ Arfvedsonite
Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
ⓘ 'Bourboulite'
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ Montdorite (TL)
Formula: (K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
Type Locality:
ⓘ Pyrophanite
Formula: Mn2+TiO3
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘPyrophanite4.CB.05Mn2+TiO3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘArfvedsonite9.DE.25[Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
ⓘMontdorite (TL)9.EC.15(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Bourboulite'-
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Hⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
Hⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
Oⓘ PyrophaniteMn2+TiO3
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Fⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
Fⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Naⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Naⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Siⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
Kⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ PyrophaniteMn2+TiO3
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
MnManganese
Mnⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
Mnⓘ PyrophaniteMn2+TiO3
FeIron
Feⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Montdorite(K,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)5(Si4O10)2(OH,F)4
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bourboule
Wikidata ID:Q539203
GeoNames ID:3010882

Localities in this Region

France
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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