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Aarschot, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgiumi
Regional Level Types
AarschotMunicipality
Flemish BrabantProvince
FlandersRegion
BelgiumCountry

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Area:
63 km2
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Aarschot27,656 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
263130
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:263130:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Dutch:
Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, België
French:
Aarschot, Province du Brabant flamand, Flandre, Belgique
German:
Aarschot, Provinz Flämisch-Brabant, Belgien
Italian:
Aarschot, Provincia del Brabante Fiammingo, Fiandre, Belgio
Russian:
Арсхот, Фламандский Брабант, Фландрия, Бельгия
Simplified Chinese:
阿尔斯霍特, 弗拉芒-布拉班特省, 法兰德斯, 比利时
Spanish:
Aarschot, Provincia del Brabante Flamenco, Flandes, Bélgica
Aromanian:
Aarschot
Basque:
Aarschot, Flandriako Brabante, Flandria, Belgika
Breton:
Aarschot, Brabant Flandrez, Flandrez, Belgia
Bulgarian:
Арсхот, Фламандски Брабант, Фландрия, Белгия
Catalan:
Aarschot, Brabant Flamenc, Flandes, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Aarschot, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Belhika
Czech:
Aarschot, Vlámský Brabant, Vlámsko, Belgie
Danish:
Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, Flandern, Belgien
Esperanto:
Aarschot, Flandra Brabanto, Flandrio, Belgio
Estonian:
Aarschoti vald, Flaami Brabant, Belgia
Farsi/Persian:
ارسشت, برابانت فلاندر, فلاندر, بلژیک
Galician:
Aarschot, Brabante Flamengo, Flandres, Bélxica
Greek:
Άαρσχοτ, Φλαμανδική Βραβάντη, Φλάνδρα, Βέλγιο
Hebrew:
ארסכוט, ברבנט הפלמית, פלנדריה, בלגיה
Hungarian:
Aarschot, Flamand-Brabant, Flandria, Belgium
Irish Gaelic:
Aarschot, Flóndras, An Bheilg
Japanese:
アールスコート, フラームス=ブラバント州, フランドル, ベルギー
Korean:
아르스홋, 플람스브라반트주, 플란데런, 벨기에
Lithuanian:
Arschotas, Flamandų Brabanto provincija, Belgija
Luxembourgish:
Aarschot, Provënz Flämesche Brabant, Flandern, Belsch
Norwegian:
Aarschot, Flamsk Brabant, Flandern, Belgia
Occitan:
Aarschot, Brabant Flamenc, Flandra, Belgica
Polish:
Aarschot, Brabancja Flamandzka, Flandria, Belgia
Portuguese:
Aarschot, Brabante Flamengo, Flandres, Bélgica
Romanian:
Aarschot, Brabantul Flamand, Flandra, Belgia
Slovak:
Aarschot, Flámsky Brabant, Belgicko
Swedish:
Aarschot, Flamländska Brabant, Flandern, Belgien
Traditional Chinese:
阿爾斯霍特, 法蘭德斯, 比利時
Turkish:
Aarschot, Flaman Brabant, Flandre, Belçika
Urdu:
آرسچوٹ, فلیمش برابنٹ, فلینڈرس, بلجئیم
Vietnamese:
Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, Bỉ
Volapük:
Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgän
Waray:
Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, Belhika


A municipality in the NE part of the province.

The southern part is formed by hills composed of 'iron sandstone", in the middle is the east-west alluvial valley of the river Demer, and in the north, there are land dunes, formed by the wind during the last Ice Age.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Vivianite8.CE.40Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Unclassified
'Glauconite'-K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
H VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
CCarbon
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
O SideriteFeCO3
O VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
MgMagnesium
Mg GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
AlAluminium
Al GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
SiSilicon
Si GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
PPhosphorus
P VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
KPotassium
K GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
FeIron
Fe GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarschot
Wikidata ID:Q273442
GeoNames ID:2803430

Localities in this Region

  • Flanders
    • Flemish Brabant

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