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Vireux-Molhain National Nature Reserve | |
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Location | Ardennes, France |
Nearest city | Givet |
Coordinates | 50°05′39″N 4°42′26″E / 50.09417°N 4.70722°E |
Area | 1.82 ha |
Established | March 14, 1991 |
Governing body | ONF Ardennes |
The Vireux-Molhain national nature reserve (RNN104) is a national nature reserve of geological and paleontological interest. It is located in the Pointe de Givet, department of Ardennes, on the border between France and Belgium. It covers an area of 1.82 ha.[1] The site is known as Customs Wall (Mur des Douaniers) as it is near an old customs post. This outcrop of Middle Devonian shale (Eifelian: ± 397 million years) is notable for the quantity and good state of preservation of its fossils. Trilobites are well-represented.