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Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francei
Regional Level Types
LouhansArrondissement
Saône-et-LoireDepartment
Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Louhans6,466 (2016)
Ouroux-sur-Saône2,510 (2016)
Branges2,098 (2016)
Pierre-de-Bresse2,015 (2016)
Saint-Germain-du-Plain1,820 (2016)
Saint-Germain-du-Bois1,806 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
346402
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:346402:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
arrondissement de Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
German:
Arrondissement Louhans, Département Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Frankreich
Italian:
arrondissement di Louhans, Saona e Loira, Borgogna-Franca Contea, Francia
Russian:
Луан, Сона и Луара, Бургундия — Франш-Конте, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
卢昂区, 索恩-卢瓦尔省, 勃艮第-弗朗什-孔泰大區, 法国
Spanish:
Distrito de Louhans, Saona y Loira, Borgoña-Franco Condado, Francia
Albanian:
Qarku Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Burgonja-Franche-Comté, Franca
Azeri:
Luan , Sona və Luara, Burqundiya—Franş—Konte, Fransa
Basque:
Louhanseko barrutia, Saône-et-Loire, Borgoina-Franche-Comté, Frantzia
Breton:
arondisamant Louhans, Saona-ha-Liger, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Districte de Louhans, Saona i Loira, Borgonya – Franc Comtat, França
Cebuano:
Arrondissement de Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Pransiya
Czech:
Arrondissement Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundsko-Franche-Comté, Francie
Dutch:
Arrondissement Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Frankrijk
Esperanto:
Arondismento Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Burgonjo-Franĉkonteo, Francio
Farsi/Persian:
بخش لوآن, سون-ا-لوآر, بورگوین-فرانش-کنته, فرانسه
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα του Λουάν, Σον-ε-Λουάρ, Βουργουνδία-Φρανς-Κοντέ, Γαλλία
Luxembourgish:
Arrondissement Louhans, Departement Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Frankräich
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Louhans Kūn, Saône-et-Loire, Hoat-kok
Polish:
Okręg Louhans, Saona i Loara, Burgundia-Franche-Comté, Francja
Romanian:
Arondismentul Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Franța
Slovak:
Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundsko-Franche-Comté, Francúzsko
Vietnamese:
Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Pháp


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed165 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed247 Ma (Early/Lower Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Grès Inférieurs du Maçonnais1247.2 - 237 Ma (Triassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Eudesiidae : Eudesia : Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium167.7 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Acanthothiris spinosa
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Acanthothirididae : Acanthothiris : Acanthothiris spinosa167.7 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Goniorhynchia boueti
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Goniorhynchia : Goniorhynchia boueti167.7 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Arceythyris pseudoglobata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Arceythyris : Arceythyris pseudoglobata167.7 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Zeilleria digona
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Zeilleriidae : Zeilleria : Zeilleria digona167.7 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Brachychirotherium lorteti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Chirotheriidae : Brachychirotherium : Brachychirotherium lorteti247.2 - 237 Ma
Triassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Louhans
Wikidata ID:Q701568
GeoNames ID:2997438


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