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Avezzano, L'Aquila Province, Abruzzo, Italyi
Regional Level Types
AvezzanoCommune
L'Aquila ProvinceProvince
AbruzzoRegion
ItalyCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Avezzano37,808 (2015)
Antrosano917 (2014)
Cese587 (2014)
Borgo Via Nuova358 (2014)
Case Incile219 (2014)
Castelnuovo182 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
374149
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:374149:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Avezzano, Province de L'Aquila, Abruzzes, Italie
German:
Avezzano, Provinz L'Aquila, Abruzzen, Italien
Italian:
Avezzano, Provincia dell'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Russian:
Авеццано, Провинция Л’Аквила (Провинция Л’Акуила), Абруццо (Абруцци), Италия
Simplified Chinese:
阿韋扎諾, 阿奎拉省, 阿布鲁佐, 意大利
Spanish:
Avezzano, Provincia de L'Aquila, Abruzos, Italia
Achinese:
Avezzano, Itali
Arabic:
أفيتسانو, مقاطعة لاكويلا, أبروتسو, إيطاليا
Aragonese:
Avezzano, Provincia de L'Aquila, Abruzos, Italia
Armenian:
Ավեցանո, Լ'Աքվիլա, Աբրուցո, Իտալիա
Aromanian:
Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italia
Asturian:
Avezzano, Abruzos, Italia
Azeri:
Avezzano, Akvila əyaləti, Abruzzo, İtaliya
Basque:
Avezzano, L'Aquilako probintzia, Abruzzo, Italia
Bavarian:
Avezzano, Provinz L’Aquila, Italien (Walsch; Belischelant; Balschlònt)
Belarusian:
Атэлета, правінцыя Л’Акуіла, Абруца, Італія
Breton:
Avezzano, Proviñs L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Bulgarian:
Авецано, Акуила , Абруцо, Италия
Catalan:
Avezzano, Província de L'Aquila, Abruços, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italya
Central Bikol:
Avezzano, Provincia nin L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italya
Czech:
Avezzano, Provincie L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Itálie
Danish:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italien
Dutch:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzen, Italië
Emilian-Romagnol:
Avesàṅ, Abrózz, Itâlia
Esperanto:
Avezzano, Provinco de La-Aglo, Abruco, Italio
Estonian:
Avezzano, L'Aquila provints, Abruzzo, Itaalia
Farsi/Persian:
اوتسانو, استان لاکویلا, ابروتزو, ایتالیا
Finnish:
Avezzano, L'Aquilan maakunta, Abruzzo, Italia
Friulian:
Avezzano, Abruç, Italie
Galician:
Avezzano, Provincia de L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Greek:
Αβετζάνο, Λ' Άκουιλα, Αμπρούτσο, Ιταλία
Hungarian:
Avezzano, L’Aquila megye, Abruzzo, Olaszország
Ido:
Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italia
Indonesian:
Avezzano, Provinsi L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Interlingua:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Japanese:
アヴェッツァーノ, ラクイラ県, アブルッツォ州, イタリア
Javanese:
Avezzano, Provinsi L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Itali
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Авеццано, Абруццо, Италия
Korean:
아베차노, 라퀼라도, 아브루초주, 이탈리아
Latin:
Avezzanum, Provincia Aquilana, Aprutium, Italia
Latvian:
Avecāno, L'Akvilas province, Abruco, Itālija
Lithuanian:
Avecanas, Akvilos provincija, Abrucai, Italija
Lombard:
Avezzano, Pruvincia de L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Macedonian:
Авецано, Л'Аквила, Абруцо, Италија
Malay:
Avezzano, Wilayah L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Avezzano, L'Aquila Séng, Abruzzo, Italia
Neapolitan:
Avezzano, Pruvincia 'e L'Aquila, Abruzzo (Abbrùzze; Abbrìzze; Abbrèzze; Abruzzu), Italia
Norwegian:
Avezzano, L'Aquila , Abruzzo, Italia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Avezzano, Provinsen L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Occitan:
Avezzano, Província de l'Aquila, Abruç, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Avezzano, Provincia dl'Àquila, Abruss, Italia
Polish:
Avezzano, Prowincja L'Aquila, Abruzja, Włochy
Portuguese:
Avezzano, Áquila, Abruzos, Itália
Romanian:
Avezzano, Provincia L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italia
Sardinian:
Avezzano, Abrutzu, Itàlia
Scots:
Avezzano, Province o L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
Serbian:
Авецано, Л’Аквила , Абруцо, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italija
Sicilian:
Avezzanu, Pruvincia di L'Aquila, Abbruzzu, Italia
Silesian:
Avezzano, Italijo
Slovak:
Avezzano, Abruzzy, Taliansko
Slovenian:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruci, Italija
South Azerbaijani:
اوتسانو, لاکویلا اوستانی, آبروتزو, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Avezzano, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italien
Tagalog:
Avezzano, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italya
Tarantino:
Avezzano, Provinge de L'Aquila, Abbruzze, Itaglie
Turkish:
Avezzano, L'Aquila ili, Abruzzo, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Авеццано, Л'Аквіла , Абруццо, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Avezzano, L’Aquila, Italiya
Venetian:
Avezano, Provincia de Ł'Aquiła, Abruso, Itałia
Vietnamese:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Ý
Volapük:
Avezzano, Litaliyän
Waray:
Avezzano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italya
West Frisian:
Avezzano, Abruzzen, Itaalje
Wu Chinese:
阿韦扎诺, 阿布鲁佐大区, 意大利


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Fossils

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

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Occurrences13
Youngest Fossil Listed72.1 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed85.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Aeolisaccus
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Earlandiidae : Aeolisaccus85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cuneolina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Cuneolinidae : Cuneolina85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dicyclina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Dicyclinidae : Dicyclina85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nummoloculina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Hauerinidae : Nummoloculina85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gorjanovicia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Gorjanovicia85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Radiolites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Radiolites85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sauvagesia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Sauvagesia85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thaumatoporella
genus
Plantae : Chlorophyta : Thaumatoporella85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sauvagesia tenuicostata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Sauvagesia : Sauvagesia tenuicostata85.8 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avezzano
Wikidata ID:Q47125
GeoNames ID:6541691


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