Boutx
Boutx is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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Coordinates: 42°55′07″N 0°42′59″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Haute-Garonne |
Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens |
Canton | Bagnères-de-Luchon |
Intercommunality | Canton de Saint-Béat |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | André Mélazzini |
Area 1 | 47.28 km2 (18.25 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 244 |
• Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 31085 /31440 |
Elevation | 560–1,850 m (1,840–6,070 ft) (avg. 680 m or 2,230 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 293 | — |
1968 | 346 | +18.1% |
1975 | 304 | −12.1% |
1982 | 362 | +19.1% |
1990 | 324 | −10.5% |
1999 | 259 | −20.1% |
2008 | 270 | +4.2% |
gollark: Wikipedia says that spider silk has a diameter of "2.5–4 μm", which I approximated to 3μm for convenience, so a strand has a 1.5μm radius. That means that its cross-sectional area (if we assume this long thing of spider silk is a cylinder) is (1.5e-6)², or ~7e-12. Wikipedia also says its density is about 1.3g/cm³, which is 1300kg/m³, and that the observable universe has a diameter of 93 billion light-years (8.8e26 meters). So multiply the length of the strand (the observable universe's diameter) by the density of spider silk by the cross-sectional area of the strand and you get 8e18 kg, while the atmosphere's mass is about 5e18 kg, so close enough really.
gollark: Okay, so by mass it actually seems roughly correct.
gollark: So, spider silk comes in *very* thin strands and is somewhat denser than water, interesting.
gollark: You do that, I'll try and find data on spider silk density.
gollark: Actually, this factoid does seem kind of dubious even if it's meant to say "mass"... hmm.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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