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Les Chères, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
Regional Level Types
Les ChèresCommune
Villefranche-sur-SaôneArrondissement
RhôneDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Les Chères1,133 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
350552
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:350552:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Les Chères
French:
Les Chères, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Les Chères, Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône, Département Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Les Chères, arrondissement di Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rodano, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Spanish:
Les Chères, distrito de Villefranche-sur-Saône, Ródano, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Les Chères, Rhône , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Les Chères, Roine, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Asturian:
Les Chères, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
Les Chères, Faransi
Basque:
Les Chères, Villefranche-sur-Saôneko barrutia, Rhône, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Les Chères, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
Les Chères, arondisamant Villefranche-sur-Saône, Ron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Les Chères, districte de Villefranche-sur-Saône, Roine, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Les Chères, Arrondissement de Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Ле-Шер, Франци
Corsican:
Les Chères, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Les Chères, Francuska
Czech:
Les Chères, Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Les Chères, Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Les Chères, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Les Chères, Rhône, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Les Chères, Rhône'i departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Les Chères, Frakland
Finnish:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Les Chères, Rôno, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Les Chères, France
Galician:
Les Chères, Ródano, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Les Chères, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Les Chères, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Les Chères, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Les Chères, Departimento Rhone, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Les Chères, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Les Chères, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Les Chères, Frans
Kabyle:
Les Chères, Rhône, Fransa
Kongo:
Les Chères, Rhône, Fwalansa
Latin:
Les Chères, Rhodanus, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Les Chères, Rona, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Les Chères, Fransa
Limburgian:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Les Chères, Rona, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Lombard:
Les Chères, Rhône, Alvernia-Roden-Alp, Frància
Low Saxon/Low German:
Les Chères, Rhône, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Les Chères, Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône, Departement Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Les Chères, Rhône, Frantsa
Malay:
Les Chères, Rhône, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Les Chères, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Les Chères, Villefranche-sur-Saône Kūn, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Les Chères, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Les Chères, Franza
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Les Chères, Departementet Rhône, Frankrike
Occitan:
Les Chères, arrondiment de Villefranche-sur-Saône, Ròse, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Les Chères, Fransia
Picard:
Les Chères, Franche
Piedmontese:
Les Chères, Ròno, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Les Chères, Okręg Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rodan, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Les Chères, Ródano, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Les Chères, Arondismentul Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Les Chères, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Les Chères, Frantza
Scots:
Les Chères, Arrondissement o Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Шер, Рона, Оверња-Рона-Алпи, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Chères, Rhône, Francuska
Sicilian:
Les Chères, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Les Chères, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Turkish:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Ле-Шер, Рона, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Les Chères, Fransiya
Venetian:
Les Chères, Rodano, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Les Chères, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Les Chères, Rhône, Fransän
Walloon:
Les Chères, France
Waray:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Les Chères, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Les Chères, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Les Chères, Faraas
Zulu:
Les Chères, IFulansi


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Fossils

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

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed8.70 Ma (Miocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Testudo amberiacensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Testudo : Testudo amberiacensis8.7 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ch%C3%A8res
Wikidata ID:Q1164439


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