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Lysekil, Västra Götaland County, Swedeni
Regional Level Types
LysekilMunicipality
Västra Götaland CountyCounty
SwedenCountry

Coat of Arms of Lysekil
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Lysekil7,734 (2017)
Brastad2,289 (2017)
Grundsund647 (2017)
Fiskebäckskil262 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
299370
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:299370:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Lysekil, Comté de Västra Götaland, Suède
German:
Lysekil, Västra Götalands län, Schweden
Italian:
Lysekil, Contea di Västra Götaland, Svezia
Simplified Chinese:
吕瑟希尔市, 西约塔兰省, 瑞典
Spanish:
Municipio de Lysekil, Provincia de Västra Götaland, Suecia
Swedish:
Lysekils kommun‎, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Asturian:
Lysekils, Provincia de Västra Götaland, Suecia
Basque:
Lysekil udalerria, Västra Götalandeko konderria, Suedia
Belarusian:
Люсечыль, Вестра-Гёталанд, Швецыя
Bulgarian:
Люсешил, Вестра Йоталанд, Швеция
Cebuano:
Lysekils Kommun, Västra Götalands län, Suwesya
Danish:
Lysekils kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Dutch:
Lysekil, Västra Götalands län, Zweden
Faroese:
Lysekils kommuna, Västra Götalands län, Svøríki
Farsi/Persian:
بخش لیسشیل, شهرستان وسترا یوتلاند, سوئد
Finnish:
Lysekilin kunta, Länsi-Götanmaan lääni, Ruotsi
Galician:
Lysekil , Condado de Västra Götaland, Suecia
Korean:
뤼세실 시, 베스트라예탈란드주, 스웨덴
Limburgian:
Lysekil, Västra Götalands län, Zwede
Lithuanian:
Lisekilis, Vestra Jotalandas, Švedija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Kommun Lysekil, Lehn Westgötland, Sweden
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Lysekil Chū-tī-chhī, Sūi-tián
Northern Sami:
Lysekila gielda, Oarje-Götalándda leatna, Ruoŧŧa
Norwegian:
Lysekil kommune, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Lysekils kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Polish:
Gmina Lysekil, Västra Götaland, Szwecja
Portuguese:
Lysekil, Gotalândia Ocidental, Suécia
Romanian:
Comuna Lysekil, Västra Götalands län, Suedia
Scots:
Lysekil Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden
Serbo-Croatian:
Lysekil, Västra Götaland, Švedska
Traditional Chinese:
呂瑟希爾市, 瑞典
Ukrainian:
Лисечіль, Вестра-Йоталанд, Швеція
Vietnamese:
Lysekil, Västra Götaland, Thụy Điển


Lysekil Municipality (Lysekils kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lysekil.

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the City of Lysekil (instituted as such in 1903) was amalgamated with Stångenäs and the island of Skaftö.

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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
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
SiSilicon
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
FeIron
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3

Fossils

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

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pinguinus impennis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Pinguinus : Pinguinus impennis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysekil_Municipality
Wikidata ID:Q503173
GeoNames ID:2693300

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