Lime kiln
A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone to produce the form of lime called quicklime. The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can take place at anywhere above 840 °C, but is generally considered to occur at 900 °C, but a temperature around 1,000 °C is usually used to make the reaction proceed quickly.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide)
- Also known as: “calchera”, “calera”, “Calsinars”, “cultor de var”, “forno da calce”, “forns de calç”, “four a chaux”, “fours à chaux”, “Kalkaoëve”, “Kalkaove”, “kalkbrænderovn”, “Kalkbranderie”, “kalkbranderij”, “kalkbränning”, “Kalkbrennen”, “Kalkbrennerei”, “Kalkbrenneri”, “Kalkbrennofen”, “Kalkbrenove”, “kalkbruk”, “kalkmilor”, “kalkovens”, “Kalksteinsovn”, “Kalkûne”, “lime kiln”, “lime-kiln”, “limekiln”, “Piec wapienniczy”, “Piec wapienny”, “schelpkalkoven”, “Sjaktovn”, “vápenice”, “вапнярка”, “قمائن الجير”, “قمين الكلس”, and “قمين جير”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Église Sainte-Félicité-Sainte-Perpétue de Nizas and Nizas war memorial.
Église Sainte-Félicité-Sainte-Perpétue de Nizas
Church
Photo: Vladmakarov, Public domain.
Église de Saint-Gervais-et-Protais
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caux and Pézenas.
Caux
Village
Montagnac
Village
Lime kiln
- Categories: fixed construction, kiln, built structure, building, historic site, and industry
- Location: Nizas, Arrondissement of Béziers, Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.505° or 43° 30′ 18″ north
Longitude
3.39981° or 3° 23′ 59″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
8FM5G93X+XW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrial
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=kiln
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Lime kiln” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قمين الجير”
- Aragonese: “Calsinar”
- Aragonese: “Forno de calso”
- Basque: “karobi”
- Basque: “Karobi”
- Catalan: “forn de calç”
- Catalan: “Forn de calç”
- Chinese: “石灰窑”
- Chinese: “石灰窯”
- Czech: “vápenka”
- Czech: “Vápenka”
- Danish: “kalkovn”
- Danish: “Kalkovn”
- Dutch: “kalkoven”
- Dutch: “Kalkoven”
- Estonian: “Lubjaahi”
- Finnish: “kalkkiuuni”
- French: “four à chaux”
- French: “Four à chaux”
- Galician: “forno de cal”
- Galician: “Forno de cal”
- German: “Kalkofen”
- Hebrew: “כבשן סיד”
- Hungarian: “mészégető kemence”
- Icelandic: “Kalkofn”
- Irish: “áith aoil”
- Italian: “calcara”
- Italian: “Calcara”
- Japanese: “石灰窯”
- Limburgan: “Kalkove”
- Macedonian: “варница”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “kalkovn”
- Norwegian: “Kalkovn”
- Papiamento: “forno di calki”
- Papiamento: “Forno di calki”
- Papiamento: “forno di kalki”
- Persian: “کوره پخت آهک”
- Polish: “Wapiennik”
- Portuguese: “forno de cal”
- Portuguese: “Forno de cal”
- Romanian: “cuptor de ars var”
- Romansh: “Chaltgera”
- Serbian: “Кречарство”
- Slovenian: “apnena peč”
- Slovenian: “Apneničarstvo”
- Spanish: “horno de cal”
- Spanish: “Horno de cal”
- Swedish: “Kalktillverkning”
- Swedish: “kalkugn”
- Ukrainian: “вапняна піч”
- Ukrainian: “Піч для випалювання вапняку”
- Vietnamese: “lò vôi”
- Walloon: “Tchåfor”
- Welsh: “odyn galch”
- Western Frisian: “Skulpekalkûne”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Domaine de Nizas and Domaine de la Garance.
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Places to explore: Four à chaux and Croix Mutilée.
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