Euro

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The Euro is the official common currency used by many countries in the European Union, facilitating trade and travel across much of Europe.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Euro canonical 733
euro 42
EUR 15

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
legal tender
area Eurozone
surface form: Eurozone member states
banknoteDesignTheme European architectural styles
coinDesignFeature common European side and national side
denominationBanknote €10
€100
€20
€200
€5
€50
€500
denominationCoin 1 cent
10 cent
2 cent
20 cent
5 cent
50 cent
€1
€2
introducedAsBookCurrency 1999-01-01
introducedAsCash 2002-01-01
ISO4217Code Euro self-linksurface differs
surface form: EUR
issuingAuthority European Central Bank
Eurosystem
surface form: national central banks of the euro area
legalStatus official currency of the Eurozone
managedBy Eurosystem
monetaryPolicySetBy Governing Council of the European Central Bank
officialName Euro self-linksurface differs
surface form: euro
peggedTo European Currency Unit
surface form: European Currency Unit (at introduction)
purpose facilitate trade within the European Union
facilitate travel within the Eurozone
rank one of the most traded currencies in the world
region European Union
relationshipToEU official currency of most EU member states
replacedCurrency Austrian schilling
Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union)
surface form: Belgian franc

Croatian kuna
Cypriot pound
Deutsche Mark
Dutch guilder
Estonian kroon
Finnish markka
French franc (Latin Monetary Union)
surface form: French franc

Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union)
surface form: Greek drachma

Irish Free State pound
surface form: Irish pound

Italian lira
Latvian lats
Lithuanian litas
Maltese lira
Portuguese escudo
Slovak koruna
Slovenian tolar
Spanish peseta
subunit cent
subunitToUnit 100
symbol
usedFor cross-border trade
international reserves
tourism payments
usedIn Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
Eurozone
Finland
France
French overseas departments and territories using the euro
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Portugal
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Vatican City

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (791)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pikaliiva usesCurrency Euro
Luino usesCurrency Euro
Lipany usesCurrency Euro
Paredes usesCurrency Euro
northern Estonia usesCurrency Euro
subject surface form: Northern Estonia
Laiaküla usesCurrency Euro
Lubja usesCurrency Euro
Geldrop-Mierlo currency Euro
Sellano usesCurrency Euro
Tres Cantos currency Euro
Koppl usesCurrency Euro
Göming usesCurrency Euro
Serifos currency Euro
Thalheim usesCurrency Euro
Le Gosier currency Euro
Buxtehude currency Euro
European Union NUTS region ES618 (Sevilla) currency Euro
subject surface form: ES618
Wolfhagen currency Euro
Belm usesCurrency Euro
Ankum usesCurrency Euro
Alfhausen usesCurrency Euro
Magione usesCurrency Euro
Bergheim usesCurrency Euro
Folegandros currency Euro
Willstätt usesCurrency Euro
Torricella usesCurrency Euro
Raposeira currency Euro
Höchst usesCurrency Euro