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Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgiumi
Regional Level Types
Knokke-HeistMunicipality
West FlandersProvince
FlandersRegion
BelgiumCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
343894
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:343894:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Knokke-Heist, Province de Flandre-Occidentale, Flandre, Belgique
German:
Knokke-Heist, Provinz Westflandern, Belgien
Italian:
Knokke-Heist, Provincia delle Fiandre Occidentali, Fiandre, Belgio
Russian:
Кнокке-Хейст, Западная Фландрия, Фландрия, Бельгия
Simplified Chinese:
克诺克-海斯特, 西佛兰德省, 法兰德斯, 比利时
Spanish:
Knokke-Heist, Provincia de Flandes Occidental, Flandes, Bélgica
Afrikaans:
Knokke-Heist, Wes-Vlaandere, Vlaandere, België
Arabic:
كنوكه- هايست, فلاندرز الغربية, فلاندر, بلجيكا
Asturian:
Knokke-Heist, Provincia de Flandes Occidental, Flandes, Bélxica
Basque:
Knokke-Heist, Mendebaldeko Flandria, Flandria, Belgika
Belarusian:
Кноке-Хейст, Заходняя Фландрыя, Фландрыя, Бельгія
Breton:
Knokke-Heist, Proviñs Kornôg-Flandrez, Flandrez, Belgia
Bulgarian:
Кноке-Хайст, Западна Фландрия, Фландрия, Белгия
Catalan:
Knokke-Heist, Flandes Occidental, Flandes, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Knokke-Heist , Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Belhika
Danish:
Knokke-Heist, Vestflandern, Flandern, Belgien
Dutch:
Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
Esperanto:
Knokke-Heist, Okcidenta Flandrio, Flandrio, Belgio
Estonian:
Knokke-Heist, Lääne-Flandria, Belgia
Farsi/Persian:
کنوکئست, فلاندر غربی, فلاندر, بلژیک
Finnish:
Knokke-Heist, Länsi-Flanderi, Flanderi, Belgia
Hindi:
नॉकके-हेइस्ट, वेस्ट फ्लैंडर्स, बेल्जियम
Hungarian:
Knokke-Heist, Nyugat-Flandria, Flandria, Belgium
Irish Gaelic:
Knokke-Heist, Flóndras, An Bheilg
Japanese:
クノック=ヘイスト, ウェスト=フランデレン州, フランドル, ベルギー
Korean:
크노커헤이스트, 베스트플란데런주, 플란데런, 벨기에
Limburgian:
Knokke-Heist, Wes-Vlaondere, Vlaondere, Belsj
Luxembourgish:
Knokke-Heist, Provënz Westflandern, Flandern, Belsch
Norwegian:
Knokke-Heist, Vest-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia
Occitan:
Knokke-Heist, Flandra Occidentala, Flandra, Belgica
Polish:
Knokke-Heist, Flandria Zachodnia, Flandria, Belgia
Portuguese:
Knokke-Heist, Flandres Ocidental, Flandres, Bélgica
Romanian:
Knokke-Heist, Flandra de Vest, Flandra, Belgia
Serbian:
Ноке-Хајст, Западна Фландрија, Фландрија, Белгија
Slovak:
Knokke-Heist, Západné Flámsko, Belgicko
Swedish:
Knokke-Heist, Västflandern, Flandern, Belgien
Tatar:
Кнокке-Һейст, Көнбатыш Фландрия, Бельгия
Turkish:
Knokke-Heist, Batı Flandre, Flandre, Belçika
Vietnamese:
Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Bỉ
Volapük:
Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen, Belgän
Walloon:
Knokke-Heist, Province di Flande coûtchantrece, Flande, Beldjike
Waray:
Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Belhika
Welsh:
Knokke -Heist, Gorllewin Fflandrys, Fflandrys, Gwlad Belg
West Flemish:
Knokke-Heist, West-Vloandern, Vloandern, België
Zeelandic:
Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaonderen, Vlaonderen, Belhië


Knokke-Heist (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌknɔkəˈɦɛi̯st]) is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

The municipality comprises the towns of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke, Duinbergen, Ramskapelle and Westkapelle.

The total area is 56.44 km².

Knokke-Heist is located along the North Sea in a polder area on the Belgian border with the Netherlands.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


List of minerals for each chemical element

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 Listed0.78 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed1.81 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ontocetus emmonsi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Ontocetus : Ontocetus emmonsi1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knokke-Heist
Wikidata ID:Q12988
GeoNames ID:2794216

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