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Villedieu-le-Château, Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Francei
Regional Level Types
Villedieu-le-ChâteauCommune
VendômeArrondissement
Loir-et-CherDepartment
Centre-Val de LoireRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Villedieu-le-Château433 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
372708
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:372708:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Villedieu-le-Château, arrondissement of Vendôme
French:
Villedieu-le-Château, arrondissement de Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France
German:
Villedieu-le-Château, Arrondissement Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Zentrum-Loiretal, Frankreich
Italian:
Villedieu-le-Château, arrondissement di Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centro, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
维莱迪厄莱沙托, 旺多姆区, 卢瓦-谢尔省, 中央-卢瓦尔河谷, 法国
Spanish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Distrito de Vendôme, Loir y Cher, Centro, Francia
Afrikaans:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Villedieu-le-Château, Destrito de Vendôme, Loir y Cher, Centro, Francia
Asturian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Centro-Valle de Loira, Francia
Bambara:
Villedieu-le-Château, Faransi
Basque:
Villedieu-le-Château, Vendômeko barrutia, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Département Loir-et-Cher, Frankreich
Breton:
Villedieu-le-Château, arondisamant Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Villedieu-le-Château, districte de Vendôme, Loir i Cher, Centre – Vall del Loira, França
Cebuano:
Villedieu-le-Château, Arrondissement de Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Pransiya
Chechen:
Вильдье-ле-Шато, Центр, Франци
Corsican:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Francia
Croatian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Centre, Francuska
Czech:
Villedieu-le-Château, Arrondissement Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Francie
Danish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Frankrig
Dutch:
Villedieu-le-Château, Arrondissement Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Villedieu-le-Château, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centro, Francio
Estonian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cheri departemang, Keskpiirkond, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Villedieu-le-Château, Frakland
Finnish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Villedieu-le-Château, Lêr-et-Ch·èr, Çantre, France
Friulian:
Villedieu-le-Château, France
Galician:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir e Cher, Centro, Francia
Greenlandic:
Villedieu-le-Château, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Frakkland
Ido:
Villedieu-le-Château, Centro, Francia
Indonesian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Perancis
Interlingua:
Villedieu-le-Château, Departimento Loir-et-Cher, Region Centro, Francia
Interlingue:
Villedieu-le-Château, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Villedieu-le-Château, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Villedieu-le-Château, Frans
Kabyle:
Villedieu-le-Château, Centre, Fransa
Kongo:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Fwalansa
Latin:
Villedieu-le-Château, Lidericus et Carus, Centrum, Francia
Latvian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Luāra un Šēra, Centrs-Valdeluāra, Francija
Ligurian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Fransa
Limburgian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Luaras ir Šeras, Centras, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Arrondissement Vendôme, Departement Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Frantsa
Malay:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Villedieu-le-Château, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Villedieu-le-Château, Vendôme Kūn, Loir-et-Cher, Région Centre, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Villedieu-le-Château, Chente, France
Neapolitan:
Villedieu-le-Château, Franza
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Frankrike
Occitan:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir e Char, Centre, França
Papiamento:
Villedieu-le-Château, Fransia
Picard:
Villedieu-le-Château, Chinte-Val ed Loére, Franche
Piedmontese:
Villedieu-le-Château, Dipartiment ëd Loir e Cher, Sènter, Fransa
Polish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Okręg Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Region Centralny-Dolina Loary, Francja
Portuguese:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centro, França
Romanian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Arondismentul Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centru, Franța
Romansh:
Villedieu-le-Château, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Frantza
Scots:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Région Centre, Francia
Slovak:
Villedieu-le-Château, Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Mkoa wa Centre, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Frankrike
Turkish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Merkez, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Вільдьє-ле-Шато, Луар і Шер, Центр, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Villedieu-le-Château, Fransiya
Venetian:
Villedieu-le-Château, Sentro, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Villedieu-le-Château, Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Pháp
Volapük:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Fransän
Walloon:
Villedieu-le-Château, France
Waray:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Butnga nga Rehiyon han Fransya, Fransya
Welsh:
Villedieu-le-Château, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Villedieu-le-Château, Centre-Val de Loire, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Villedieu-le-Château, Faraas
Zulu:
Villedieu-le-Château, IFulansi


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Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences35
Youngest Fossil Listed85.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed89.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Craie de Villedieu3589.3 - 85.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Peroniceras : Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Peroniceras : Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gauthiericeras margae
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Gauthiericeras : Gauthiericeras margae89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Peroniceras : Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum89.8 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paratexanites serratomarginatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Paratexanites : Paratexanites serratomarginatus89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baculites incurvatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : Baculites : Baculites incurvatus89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Placenticeras fritschi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Placenticeratidae : Placenticeras : Placenticeras fritschi89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Onitschoceras ponsianum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Onitschoceras : Onitschoceras ponsianum89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pachydiscoides janeti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Pachydiscidae : Pachydiscoides : Pachydiscoides janeti89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Forresteria (Harleites) petrocoriensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Forresteria : Forresteria (Harleites) petrocoriensis89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gauthiericeras nouelianum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Gauthiericeras : Gauthiericeras nouelianum89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Protexanites (Protexanites) bourgeoisianus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Protexanites : Protexanites (Protexanites) bourgeoisianus89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Protexanites (Protexanites) bontanti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Protexanites : Protexanites (Protexanites) bontanti89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paratexanites zeilleri
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Paratexanites : Paratexanites zeilleri89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phlycticrioceras trinodosus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Anisoceratidae : Phlycticrioceras : Phlycticrioceras trinodosus89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baculites brevicosta
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : Baculites : Baculites brevicosta89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : Scaphites : Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villedieu-le-Ch%C3%A2teau
Wikidata ID:Q1382882
GeoNames ID:6434159


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