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Contern, Canton Luxembourg, Luxembourgi
Regional Level Types
ConternCommune
Canton LuxembourgCanton
LuxembourgCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Moutfort1,171 (2017)
Contern1,083 (2017)
Oetrange781 (2017)
Medingen102 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
346608
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:346608:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Contern, Canton Luxembourg, Luxembourg
German:
Contern, Kanton Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Italian:
Contern, Cantone di Lussemburgo, Lussemburgo
Russian:
Контерн, Люксембург, Люксембург
Simplified Chinese:
孔特恩, 盧森堡區, 卢森堡
Spanish:
Contern, Cantón de Luxemburgo, Luxemburgo
Alemannic:
Conter, Kanton Lëtzebuerg
Belarusian:
Контэрн, акруга Люксембург, Люксембург
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Контэрн, Акруга Люксэмбург
Catalan:
Contern, Cantó de Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Cebuano:
Contern, Canton de Luxembourg
Danish:
Contern, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dutch:
Contern, Kanton Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Farsi/Persian:
کونترن, لوکزامبورگ , لوکزامبورگ
Hungarian:
Contern, Luxemburg
Luxembourgish:
Conter, Kanton Lëtzebuerg
Malay:
Contern
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Contern, Luxembourg Khu
Norwegian:
Contern, Luxembourg , Luxembourg
Polish:
Contern, Kanton Luksemburg, Luksemburg
Portuguese:
Contern, Luxemburgo, Luxemburgo
Slovak:
Contern, Luxemburg, Luxembursko
Swedish:
Contern, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Ukrainian:
Контерн, Люксембург, Люксембург


Contern (Luxembourgish: Conter) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located east of Luxembourg City.

Other towns and villages within the commune include Medingen, Moutfort, and Oetrange.

The town is situated on a hill and all around it are towns in the Syre Valley (Syrdall).

The town is next to the Trudlerbaach, a tributary of the Syre that has its source in the northwestern corner of the town.

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contern
Wikidata ID:Q596040
GeoNames ID:2960673

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