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Tongeren, Tongeren-Borgloon, Limburg, Flanders, Belgiumi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tongeren | Municipality (Former) |
| Tongeren-Borgloon | Municipality |
| Limburg | Province |
| Flanders | Region |
| Belgium | Country |
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Type:
Municipality (Former) - last checked 2024
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Tongeren | 29,816 (2018) |
Other Languages:
Dutch:
Tongeren, Tongeren-Borgloon, Limburg, Vlaanderen, België
French:
Tongres, Tongres-Looz, Province de Limbourg, Flandre, Belgique
German:
Tongern, Tongeren-Borgloon, Provinz Limburg, Belgien
Italian:
Tongeren, Provincia del Limburgo, Fiandre, Belgio
Russian:
Тонгерен, Лимбург, Фландрия, Бельгия
Simplified Chinese:
通厄伦, 林堡省, 法兰德斯, 比利时
Spanish:
Tongeren, Provincia de Limburgo, Flandes, Bélgica
Afrikaans:
Tongeren, Tongeren-Borgloon, Limburg, Vlaandere, België
Armenian:
Տոնխերեն, Լիմբուրգ, Ֆլանդրիա, Բելգիա
Basque:
Tongeren, Linburgo, Flandria, Belgika
Belarusian:
Тонгерэн, Лімбург, Фландрыя, Бельгія
Breton:
Tongeren, Limbourg, Flandrez, Belgia
Bulgarian:
Тонгерен, Лимбург, Фландрия, Белгия
Catalan:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandes, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Tongeren, Provincie Limburg, Belhika
Czech:
Tongeren, Limburk, Vlámsko, Belgie
Danish:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandern, Belgien
Esperanto:
Tungro, Limburgo, Flandrio, Belgio
Farsi/Persian:
تنژران, لیمبورگ, فلاندر, بلژیک
Finnish:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flanderi, Belgia
Greek:
Τόνγκερεν, Λιμβουργία, Φλάνδρα, Βέλγιο
Hungarian:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandria, Belgium
Indonesian:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandria, Belgia
Irish Gaelic:
Tongeren, Flóndras, An Bheilg
Japanese:
トンヘレン, リンブルフ州, フランドル, ベルギー
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Тонгерен, Фландрия, Бельгия
Korean:
통에런, 림뷔르흐주, 플란데런, 벨기에
Latin:
Atuatuca Tungrorum, Flandria, Belgica
Limburgian:
Tóngere, Tóngere-Loeën, Belsj Limburg, Vlaondere, Belsj
Lithuanian:
Tongerenas, Limburgo provincija, Belgija
Luxembourgish:
Tongeren, Provënz Limburg, Flandern, Belsch
Norwegian:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandern, Belgia
Occitan:
Tongeren, Província de Limborg, Flandra, Belgica
Polish:
Tongeren, Limburgia, Flandria, Belgia
Portuguese:
Tongeren, Limburgo, Flandres, Bélgica
Romanian:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandra, Belgia
Scots:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium
Serbo-Croatian:
Tongeren, Flandrija, Belgija
Slovak:
Tongeren, Limbursko, Belgicko
Swedish:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandern, Belgien
Thai:
โตงเงอเริน, มณฑลลิมเบิร์ก, แฟลนเดอส์, ประเทศเบลเยียม
Traditional Chinese:
通厄倫, 法蘭德斯, 比利時
Turkish:
Tongeren, Limburg, Flandre, Belçika
Ukrainian:
Тонгерен, Лімбург, Фландрія, Бельгія
Vietnamese:
Tongeren, Limburg, Vlaanderen, Bỉ
Volapük:
Tongeren, Limburg, Belgän
Walloon:
Tongres, Province do Limbork, Flande, Beldjike
Waray:
Tongeren, Limburg, Vlaanderen, Belhika
Welsh:
Tongeren, Limburg, Fflandrys, Gwlad Belg
West Flemish:
Toungern, Toungern-Borgloon, Belgisch Limburg, Vloandern, België
On 1 January 2025 the former municipalities of Tongeren and Borgloon merged to form the new municipality of Tongeren-Borgloon.
Tongeren is a city and former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
It comprises the following towns and villages: Tongeren proper, Koninksem, Neerrepen, Riksingen, Henis, Berg, Mal, Sluizen, Nerem, Vreren, Diets-Heur, Rutten, Lauw, Widooie, Piringen, Overrepen, and 's Herenelderen.
Breuls (1994): "If we [also] take into account the small quarries, there are nearly 250 [marl and flint] quarries in the region between Tongeren in Belgium and Valkenburg aan de Geul [https://www.mindat.org/loc-247657.html] in the Netherlands."
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!
Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Fossils
There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) | |||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 419 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian) | |||||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | |||||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 2 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongeren |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q190113 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2785390 |
Localities in this Region
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References
Henis, Tongeren, Tongeren-Borgloon, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium