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Coutances, Manche, Normandy, Francei
Regional Level Types
CoutancesArrondissement
MancheDepartment
NormandyRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Coutances9,657 (2016)
Agon-Coutainville2,826 (2018)
Périers2,647 (2016)
Créances2,052 (2016)
La Haye-du-Puits1,810 (2016)
Lessay1,800 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
285708
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:285708:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Lower Normandy
Other Languages:
French:
Coutances, Manche, Normandie, France
German:
Arrondissement Coutances, Département Manche, Normandie, Frankreich
Italian:
arrondissement di Coutances, Manica, Normandia, Francia
Russian:
Кутанс, Манш, Нормандия, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
库唐斯区, 芒什省, 诺曼底大区, 法国
Spanish:
Distrito de Coutances, Mancha, Región de Normandía, Francia
Albanian:
Qarku Coutances, Manche, Normandia, Franca
Azeri:
Kutans , Manş , Normandiya, Fransa
Basque:
Coutanceseko barrutia, Manche, Normandia, Frantzia
Breton:
arondisamant Coutances, Manche, Normandi, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Districte de Coutances, Manche, Normandia, França
Cebuano:
Arrondissement de Coutances, Manche, Pransiya
Czech:
Arrondissement Coutances, Manche, Normandie, Francie
Dutch:
Arrondissement Coutances, Manche, Normandië, Frankrijk
Farsi/Persian:
بخش کوتانس, مانش, نرماندی, فرانسه
Luxembourgish:
Arrondissement Coutances, Departement Manche, Normandie, Frankräich
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Coutances Kūn, Manche, Hoat-kok
Occitan:
arrondiment de Coutances, Marga, Normandia, França
Polish:
Okręg Coutances, Manche, Normandia, Francja
Romanian:
Arondismentul Coutances, Manche, Normandia, Franța
Slovak:
Coutances, Manche, Normandia, Francúzsko
Tatar:
Кутанс , Франция
Ukrainian:
Кутанс, Манш, Нормандія, Франція
Vietnamese:
Coutances, Manche, Normandie, Pháp


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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Florencite'
Description: Orange, brown, ocher greasy luster rounded grains.

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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences4
Youngest Fossil Listed443 Ma (Silurian)
Oldest Fossil Listed470 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Sangsurière1458.4 - 443.4 Ma (Paleozoic)
Pont-de-Caen1458.4 - 443.4 Ma (Paleozoic)
Urville2470 - 458.4 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Kerfornella brevicaudata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Kerfornella : Kerfornella brevicaudata470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Crozonaspis morenensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Crozonaspis : Crozonaspis morenensis470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Crozonaspis dujardini
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Crozonaspis : Crozonaspis dujardini458.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Coutances
Wikidata ID:Q641167
GeoNames ID:3022825

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