Duinkerke

E182674

Duinkerke is the Dutch name for Dunkirk, a historic port city in northern France known for its pivotal World War II evacuation.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Duinkerke canonical 2
Dünkirchen 2
Dunes of Flanders 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
coastal settlement
exonym
port city
belongsTo European Union urban area
country France
DutchName Duinkerke self-link
FrenchName Dunkerque
hasAssociatedFilm Dunkirk
surface form: Dunkirk (2017 film)
hasAssociatedMilitaryOperation Operation Dynamo
hasClimate oceanic climate
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasEconomicActivity fishing industry
industrial port activities
maritime trade
hasFortifications historic coastal defenses
hasHarbor Dunkirk, France
surface form: Dunkirk harbor
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Dunkirk
surface form: Dunkirk evacuation 1940
hasHistoricalPeriod World War II
hasHistoricalRegion County of Flanders
hasLanguageCommunity Dutch-influenced toponymy
French-speaking population
hasLanguageForm Dutch
French
hasMunicipalStatus commune of France
hasNearbyCountry Belgium
hasOfficialName Dunkerque
hasPort Port of Dunkirk
hasTimezone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
hasTransportConnection English Channel shipping routes
isDutchNameFor Dunkirk
knownFor Battle of Dunkirk
World War II evacuation
locatedIn northern France
locatedInDepartment Nord
locatedInRegion Hauts-de-France
locatedInSubregion Flemish coastal area
locatedNear Belgian border
locatedOnBodyOfWater North Sea
partOf French Flanders
portType commercial port
ferry port
strategicRole Allied evacuation point in 1940

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Referenced by (5)

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

Dunkirk hasDutchName Duinkerke
Krefeld, Germany twinTown Duinkerke
subject surface form: Krefeld
this entity surface form: Dünkirchen
Battle of the Dunes (1658) location Duinkerke
this entity surface form: Dunes of Flanders
Duinkerke DutchName Duinkerke self-link
Krefeld twinTown Duinkerke
this entity surface form: Dünkirchen