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Mimbaste, Dax, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Francei
Regional Level Types
MimbasteCommune
DaxArrondissement
LandesDepartment
Nouvelle-AquitaineRegion
FranceCountry

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Area:
20 km2
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Mimbaste1,089 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
305197
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:305197:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Mimbaste, arrondissement de Dax, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
German:
Mimbaste, Arrondissement Dax, Département Landes, Neuaquitanien, Frankreich
Italian:
Mimbaste, arrondissement di Dax, Landes, Nuova Aquitania, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
米姆巴斯特, 达克斯区, 朗德省, 新阿基坦大区, 法国
Spanish:
Mimbaste, Distrito de Dax, Landas, Nueva Aquitania, Francia
Afrikaans:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nieu-Akwitanië, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Mimbaste, Destrito de Dacs, Landas, Nueva Aquitania, Francia
Asturian:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nueva Aquitania, Francia
Bambara:
Mimbaste, Faransi
Basque:
Mimbaste, Daxeko barrutia, Landak, Akitania Berria, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Mimbaste, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Frankreich
Breton:
Mimbaste, arondisamant Dacs, Lanas, Akitania-Nevez, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Mimbasta, districte de Dacs, Landes, Nova Aquitània, França
Cebuano:
Mimbaste, Arrondissement de Dax, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pransiya
Chechen:
Мембаст, Франци
Corsican:
Mimbaste, Francia
Croatian:
Mimbaste, Nova Akvitanija, Francuska
Czech:
Mimbaste, Arrondissement Dax, Landes, Nová Akvitánie, Francie
Danish:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Frankrig
Dutch:
Mimbaste, Arrondissement Dax, Landes, Nieuw-Aquitanië, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Mimbaste, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nova Akvitanio, Francio
Estonian:
Mimbaste, Landesi departemang, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Mimbaste, Frakland
Finnish:
Mimbaste, Landes, Uusi-Akvitania, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Mimbaste, Landes, France
Friulian:
Mimbaste, France
Galician:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nova Aquitania, Francia
Greenlandic:
Mimbaste, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Mimbaste, Landes, Új-Aquitania, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Mimbaste, Nýja-Akvitanía, Frakkland
Ido:
Mimbaste, Nov Aquitania, Francia
Indonesian:
Mimbaste, Landes, Aquitaine-Baru, Perancis
Interlingua:
Mimbaste, Departimento Landes, Francia
Interlingue:
Mimbaste, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Mimbaste, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Mimbaste, Frans
Kabyle:
Mimbaste, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Мембаст, Ландтер, Франция
Kongo:
Mimbaste, Landes, Fwalansa
Latin:
Mimbaste, Landae, Nova Aquitania, Francia
Latvian:
Mimbaste, Landa, Jaunakvitānija, Francija
Ligurian:
Mimbaste, Fransa
Limburgian:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nui-Aquitanië, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Mimbaste, Landai, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Mimbaste, Landes, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Mimbaste, Arrondissement Dax, Departement Landes, Nei-Aquitaine, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Mimbaste, Landes, Frantsa
Malay:
Mimbaste, Landes, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Mimbaste, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Mimbaste, Dax Kūn, Landes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Mimbaste, France
Neapolitan:
Mimbaste, Franza
Norwegian:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Mimbaste, Landes, Frankrike
Occitan:
Mimbasta, arrondiment de Dacs, Lanas, Nòva Aquitània, França
Papiamento:
Mimbaste, Fransia
Picard:
Mimbaste, Novèle-Akiténe, Franche
Piedmontese:
Mimbaste, Dipartiment ëd le Landes, Fransa
Polish:
Mimbaste, Okręg Dax, Landy, Nowa Akwitania, Francja
Portuguese:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nova-Aquitânia, França
Romanian:
Mimbaste, Arondismentul Dax, Landes, Franța
Romansh:
Mimbaste, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Mimbaste, Frantza
Scots:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Mimbaste, Landes, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Mimbaste, Francia
Slovak:
Mimbaste, Dax, Landes, Nové Akvitánsko, Francúzsko
Slovenian:
Mimbaste, Landes, Francija
Swahili:
Mimbaste, Landes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Frankrike
Turkish:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Мембаст, Ланди, Нова Аквітанія, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Mimbaste, Yangi Akvitaniya, Fransiya
Venetian:
Mimbaste, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Mimbaste, Dax, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pháp
Volapük:
Mimbaste, Nula-Lakitän, Fransän
Walloon:
Mimbaste, France
Waray:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fransya
Welsh:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Mimbaste, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Mimbaste, Faraas
Zulu:
Mimbaste, IFulansi


Mimbaste is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.

"(Coming from Saint-Paul-lès-Dax). Southeast of Dax on the D947, turn right after 10km. Close to the farm of the place called 'Arrevert' there are old marl quarries." [Belot, 1978]

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Fossils

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

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed16.0 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed20.4 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Alvania aturensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoidae : Alvania : Alvania aturensis20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Diala electra
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Dialidae : Diala : Diala electra20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Clatrofenella intermedia
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Scaliolidae : Clatrofenella : Clatrofenella intermedia20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimbaste
Wikidata ID:Q427238
GeoNames ID:6433891


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