Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Tours, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Francei
Regional Level Types
ToursCommune
ToursArrondissement
Indre-et-LoireDepartment
Centre-Val de LoireRegion
FranceCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Tours141,621 (2018)
La Riche8,934 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
372437
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:372437:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Tours
French:
Tours, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
German:
Tours, Arrondissement Tours, Département Indre-et-Loire, Zentrum-Loiretal, Frankreich
Italian:
Tours, arrondissement di Tours, Indre e Loira, Centro, Francia
Russian:
Тур, Тур, Эндр и Луара, Центр, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
图尔, 图尔区, 安德尔-卢瓦尔省, 中央-卢瓦尔河谷, 法国
Spanish:
Tours, Distrito de Tours, Indre y Loira, Centro, Francia
Afrikaans:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankryk
Albanian:
Tours, Qarku Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Franca
Arabic:
تور, تور, أندر ولوار, مركز-وادي اللوار, فرنسا
Aragonese:
Tours, Destrito de Tours, Indre y Loira, Centro, Francia
Armenian:
Տուր (քաղաք), Էնդր և Լուար, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
Tours, Centro-Valle de Loira, Francia
Azeri:
Tur (şəhər), Tur , Endr və Luara, Sentr, Fransa
Bambara:
Tours, Faransi
Basque:
Tours, Toursko barrutia, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Tours, Arrondissement Tours, Département Indre-et-Loire, Frankreich
Belarusian:
Тур, Эндр і Луара, Цэнтр, Францыя
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Тур (горад), Эндр і Люара, Цэнтар, Францыя
Bengali:
তুর, ইন্দ্রে-এট-লয়ের, সঁত্র্‌, ফ্রান্স
Breton:
Teurgn, arondisamant Teurgn, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Bro-C'hall
Bulgarian:
Тур (град), Ендър е Лоар, Център-Вал дьо Лоар, Франция
Catalan:
Tours, districte de Tours, Indre i Loira, Centre – Vall del Loira, França
Cebuano:
Tours, Arrondissement de Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Pransiya
Chechen:
Тур (гӀала), Центр, Франци
Corsican:
Tours, Francia
Croatian:
Tours, Centre, Francuska
Czech:
Tours, Arrondissement Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Francie
Danish:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frankrig
Dutch:
Tours (Indre-et-Loire), Arrondissement Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Turo, Arondismento Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centro, Francio
Estonian:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire'i departemang, Keskpiirkond, Prantsusmaa
Extremaduran:
Tours, Francia
Faroese:
Tours, Frakland
Farsi/Persian:
تور, بخش تور, اندر الوآر, سانتر, فرانسه
Finnish:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Tours, Indre-et-Lêre, Çantre, France
Friulian:
Tours, France
Galician:
Tours, Indre e Loira, Centro, Francia
Georgian:
ტური (საფრანგეთი), ენდრი და ლუარა, ცენტრი, საფრანგეთი
Greek:
Τουρ, Διαμέρισμα της Τουρ, Αντρ-ε-Λουάρ, Κεντρική Περιοχή, Γαλλία
Greenlandic:
Tours, Franskit Nunaat
Gujarati:
ટૂર્સ, એન્ડ્રે-એટ-લોઈર, ફ્રાન્સ
Hausa:
Tours, Faransa
Hebrew:
טור, אנדר ולואר, סאנטר-עמק הלואר, צרפת
Hindi:
टुर, आंद्रे-एट-लोइर, सेंटर-वैल दे लोयर, फ़्रान्स
Hungarian:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frakkland
Ido:
Tours, Centro, Francia
Indonesian:
Tours, Arondisemen Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Perancis
Interlingua:
Tours, Departimento Indre-et-Loire, Region Centro, Francia
Interlingue:
Tours, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Tours, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Tours, Frans
Japanese:
ツール, トゥール郡, アンドル=エ=ロワール県, サントル, フランス
Kabyle:
Tours, Centre, Fransa
Kannada:
ಟೂರ್ಸ್, ಇಂಡ್ರೆ-ಎಟ್-ಲೋರೆ, ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್
Kongo:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Fwalansa
Korean:
투르, 앵드르에루아르주, 상트르, 프랑스
Latin:
Caesarodunum, Andra et Liger, Centrum, Francia
Latvian:
Tūra, Endra un Luāra, Centrs-Valdeluāra, Francija
Ligurian:
Tours, Fransa
Limburgian:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Tūras, Endras ir Luara, Centras, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Tours, Arrondissement Tours, Departement Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankräich
Macedonian:
Тур, Ендр и Лоара, Центар-Долина на Лоара, Франција
Malagasy:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frantsa
Malay:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Perancis
Marathi:
तुर, फ्रान्स, एंद्र-ए-लावार, साँत्र, फ्रान्स
Mazanderani:
تور, فرانسه
Minangkabau:
Tours, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Tours, Tours Kūn, Indre-et-Loire, Région Centre, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Tours, Chente, France
Neapolitan:
Tours, Franza
Nepali:
यात्रा, फ्रान्स
Norwegian:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frankrike
Occitan:
Tors, arrondiment de Tors, Indre e Léger, Centre, França
Papiamento:
Tours, Fransia
Picard:
Tours, Chinte-Val ed Loére, Franche
Piedmontese:
Tours, Dipartiment d'Indre e Lòira, Sènter, Fransa
Polish:
Tours, Okręg Tours, Indre i Loara, Region Centralny-Dolina Loary, Francja
Portuguese:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centro, França
Romanian:
Tours, Arondismentul Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centru, Franța
Romansh:
Tours, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Tours, Frantza
Scots:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Тур, Ендр и Лоара, Centre-Val de Loire, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Francuska
Sicilian:
Tours, Région Centre, Francia
Silesian:
Tours, Francyjŏ
Sinhalese:
ටුවර්ස්, ඉන්ද්‍රේ-එට්-ලොයිරේ, ප්‍රංශය
Slovak:
Tours, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Francúzsko
Slovenian:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Center, Francija
South Azerbaijani:
تور, اندر-ا-لوآر, سانتر, فرانسه
Swahili:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mkoa wa Centre, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frankrike
Tagalog:
Tours, Pransiya
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Тур (Фаронса), Департаменти Эндр и Луара, Фаронса
Tamil:
டூர்ஸ், இன்றே -எட் -லோஇரே, பிரான்சு
Tatar:
Тур (шәһәр), Үзәк-Луара үзәне, Франция
Telugu:
టూర్స్, ఇండ్రె-ఎట్-లోయిర్, ఫ్రాన్సు
Thai:
ตูร์, จังหวัดแอ็งเดรลัวร์, แคว้นซ็องทร์-วาลเดอลัวร์, ประเทศฝรั่งเศส
Traditional Chinese:
圖爾, 安德爾-盧華爾, 中央-盧華爾山谷, 法國
Turkish:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Merkez, Fransa
Twi:
Tours, France
Ukrainian:
Тур, Ендр і Луара, Центр, Франція
Urdu:
تؤغ, آندر-اے-لوار, سانتر-وال دو لوار, فرانس
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Tours (Indre-et-Loire), Fransiya
Venetian:
Tours, Sentro, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Tours, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Pháp
Volapük:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Fransän
Walloon:
Tours, France
Waray:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Butnga nga Rehiyon han Fransya, Fransya
Welsh:
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, Vrankryk
West Frisian:
Tours, Sintre, Frankryk
Western Punjabi:
ٹورز, ضلع اندرے لوئر, سنٹر, فرانس
Wolof:
Tours, Faraas
Wu Chinese:
图尔, 法国
Zulu:
Tours, 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 Listed83.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed86.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Placenticeras semiornatum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Placenticeratidae : Placenticeras : Placenticeras semiornatum86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tours
Wikidata ID:Q288
GeoNames ID:6454060


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