Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

E201439
municipality town

Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador is a historic coastal town on the Avalon Peninsula known for its former French colonial fortifications and fishing heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador canonical 1
Plaisance (Newfoundland) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 709 ⓘ
bay Placentia Bay ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
coastalSettlement true ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governingBody Town of Placentia Council ⓘ
harbourType natural harbour ⓘ
hasBridge Placentia Lift Bridge ⓘ
hasFortification Castle Hill ⓘ
Fort Plaisance ⓘ
Fort Royal ⓘ
Fort Plaisance ⓘ
surface form: Fort Saint-Louis
hasHeritage French colonial heritage ⓘ
Irish settler heritage ⓘ
fishing community heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Plaisance ⓘ
hasNationalHistoricSite Castle Hill National Historic Site ⓘ
hasNearbyIndustrialSite Argentia ⓘ
hasParish Sacred Heart Parish ⓘ
hasSettlementType town ⓘ
knownFor French colonial history ⓘ
fishing heritage ⓘ
historic fortifications ⓘ
languageHistoricallyUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Canada ⓘ
eastern Newfoundland ⓘ
locatedOn Avalon Peninsula ⓘ
island of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form: Newfoundland island
locatedWestOf St. John’s ⓘ
surface form: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
postalCodePrefix A0B ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity fish processing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
service industry ⓘ
province Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
region Placentia Bay ⓘ
timeOffsetUTC −03:30 ⓘ
timeOffsetUTCDaylight −02:30 ⓘ
timeZone Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ
wasFrenchCapitalFrom 1662 ⓘ
wasFrenchCapitalOf eastern Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form: French Newfoundland
wasFrenchCapitalUntil 1713 ⓘ

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

Placentia Bay → locatedNear → Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
French colonial authorities in New France → appliesToTerritory → Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaisance (Newfoundland)