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Balaruc-le-Vieux, Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, Francei
Regional Level Types
Balaruc-le-VieuxCommune
MontpellierArrondissement
HéraultDepartment
OccitanieRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Balaruc-le-Vieux2,016 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
357464
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:357464:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Balaruc-le-Vieux
French:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, France
German:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arrondissement Montpellier, Département Hérault, Okzitanien, Frankreich
Italian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, arrondissement di Montpellier, Hérault, Occitania, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
巴拉吕克莱弗约, 蒙彼利埃, 埃罗省, 奥克西塔尼大区, 法国
Spanish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, distrito de Montpellier, Hérault, Occitania, Francia
Afrikaans:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Oksitanië, Frankryk
Albanian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Qarku Montpellier, Oksitania, Franca
Aragonese:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Destrito de Montpeller, Erau, Occitania, Francia
Asturian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Francia
Bambara:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Faransi
Basque:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Montpellierko barrutia, Hérault, Okzitania, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arrondissement Montpellier, Frankreich
Breton:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, arondisamant Montpelhièr, Erau, Okitania, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Balaruc Vièlh, Montpeller, Erau, Occitània, França
Cebuano:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arrondissement of Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, Pransiya
Chechen:
Баларюк-ле-Вьё, Эро, Франци
Corsican:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Francia
Croatian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Francuska
Czech:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arrondissement Montpellier, Hérault, Okcitánie, Francie
Danish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitanie, Frankrig
Dutch:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arrondissement Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Okcitanio, Francio
Estonian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault' departemang, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Frakland
Finnish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Oksitania , Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Montpelyiér, Hèrôlt, France
Friulian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, France
Galician:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitania, Francia
Greenlandic:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Frakkland
Ido:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Francia
Indonesian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arondisemen Montpellier, Hérault, Ositania, Perancis
Interlingua:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Departimento Herault, Francia
Interlingue:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Frans
Kabyle:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Баларюк-ле-Вье, Эро, Франция
Kongo:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Fwalansa
Latin:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Monspessulanus, Arauris, Occitania, Francia
Latvian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Ēro, Francija
Ligurian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Fransa
Limburgian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitanië, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hero, Oksitanija, Prancūzija
Lombard:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Frància
Low Saxon/Low German:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arrondissement Montpellier, Departement Hérault, Occitanie, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Frantsa
Malay:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Montpellier Kūn, Hérault, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, France
Neapolitan:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Franza
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Frankrike
Occitan:
Balaruc, Montpelhièr, Erau, Occitània, França
Papiamento:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Fransia
Picard:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Occitanie, Franche
Piedmontese:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Dipartiment ëd l'Hérault, Fransa
Polish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Okręg Montpellier, Hérault, Oksytania, Francja
Portuguese:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitânia, França
Romanian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Arondismentul Montpellier, Hérault, Occitania, Franța
Romansh:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Frantza
Scots:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitanie, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Баларик ле Вје, Монпеље, Еро, Окситанија, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Francuska
Sicilian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Francia
Slovak:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Montpellier, Hérault, Occitánia, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitanien, Frankrike
Turkish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitanie, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Баларюк-ле-В'є, Монпельє, Еро, Окситанія, Франція
Venetian:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, Pháp
Volapük:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Loxitän, Fransän
Walloon:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, France
Waray:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitanie, Fransya
Welsh:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Ocsitania, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Hérault, Occitanie, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, Faraas
Zulu:
Balaruc-le-Vieux, IFulansi


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Fossils

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

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Occurrences25
Youngest Fossil Listed0.78 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed3.60 Ma (Pliocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Chelotriton
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Salamandridae : Chelotriton3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Rana
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Agama
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Agamidae : Agama3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Gekkonidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Gekkonidae3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Lacerta
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertidae : Lacerta3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Ophisaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Anguidae : Ophisaurus3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Boidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Malpolon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lamprophiidae : Malpolon3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Naja
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Vipera
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Viperidae : Vipera3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Myosorex
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Myosorex3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Paenelimnoecus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Paenelimnoecus3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Allocricetus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Allocricetus2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Allophaiomys : Allophaiomys pliocaenicus2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Colubrinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Talpa minor
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Talpa : Talpa minor3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Episoriculus gibberodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Episoriculus : Episoriculus gibberodon3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Deinsdorfia
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Deinsdorfia3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Elaphe longissima
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Elaphe : Elaphe longissima3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Michauxophis occitanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Aniliidae : Michauxophis : Michauxophis occitanus3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Archaeodesmana brailloni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lipotyphla : Talpidae : Archaeodesmana : Archaeodesmana brailloni3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Desmanella gardiolensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Desmanella : Desmanella gardiolensis3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Talpa fossilis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Talpa : Talpa fossilis3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Blanus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Blanidae : Blanus3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Triturus marmoratus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Salamandridae : Triturus : Triturus marmoratus3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaruc-le-Vieux
Wikidata ID:Q652886
GeoNames ID:6448458


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