Ardennes department

E237328

department of France

The Ardennes department is a largely rural administrative region in northeastern France known for its forested landscapes, river valleys, and historic role as a strategic battleground in both World Wars.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ardennes department canonical	14
Ardennes (administrative department)	1
Ardennes (department)	1
Ardennes department (France)	1
French department of Ardennes	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of France ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	France ⓘ
borders	Aisne (department) ⓘ surface form: Aisne department Belgium ⓘ Luxembourg region ⓘ surface form: Luxembourg (via region)? Marne department ⓘ Meuse department ⓘ
capital	Charleville-Mézières ⓘ
characterizedBy	forested landscapes ⓘ river valleys ⓘ rural areas ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
contains	Charleville-Mézières ⓘ Givet ⓘ Rethel ⓘ Sedan ⓘ Vouziers ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
departmentNumber	08 ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ forestry ⓘ metalworking industry ⓘ
governmentType	departmental council ⓘ
hasBorderType	international land border ⓘ
hasLanguage	French ⓘ
historicalRole	strategic battleground in World War I ⓘ strategic battleground in World War II ⓘ
ISOCode	FR-08 ⓘ
knownFor	Ardennes Forest ⓘ surface form: Ardennes forest Battle of the Bulge ⓘ surface form: Ardennes offensive area (World War II) Battle of the Ardennes (1914) ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Ardennes (World War I operations)
locatedIn	Ardennes region ⓘ surface form: Ardennes region (geographical) Grand Est ⓘ surface form: Grand Est region northeastern France ⓘ
namedAfter	Ardennes Forest ⓘ surface form: Ardennes forest
partOf	Ardennes plateau ⓘ surface form: Ardennes massif French Republic ⓘ
prefecture	Charleville-Mézières ⓘ
subprefecture	Rethel ⓘ Sedan ⓘ Vouziers ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
tourismAttraction	Meuse valley ⓘ surface form: Meuse valley landscapes hiking in Ardennes forest ⓘ
traversedBy	Chiers River ⓘ Meuse ⓘ surface form: Meuse River Semois River ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Sambre–Oise Canal → locatedIn → Ardennes department ⓘ

Marne department → hasBorderWith → Ardennes department ⓘ

historical province of Champagne → modernTerritoryOverlap → Ardennes department ⓘ

Meuse department → borders → Ardennes department ⓘ

Sedan → locatedIn → Ardennes department ⓘ

Argonne Forest → locatedIn → Ardennes department ⓘ

Chiers → flowsThroughRegion → Ardennes department ⓘ

Charleville-Mézières → locatedIn → Ardennes department ⓘ

Charleville-Mézières → capitalOf → Ardennes department ⓘ

Champagne province → successor → Ardennes department ⓘ

subject surface form: Champagne (province)

this entity surface form: Ardennes (department)

Namur Province → borderedBy → Ardennes department ⓘ

this entity surface form: French department of Ardennes

Douzy → locatedIn → Ardennes department ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ardennes (administrative department)

Thiérache → partlyIn → Ardennes department ⓘ

Ardennes region → countrySubdivisionOverlap → Ardennes department ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ardennes department (France)

Monthermé → locatedIn → Ardennes department ⓘ

Aisne → flowsThrough → Ardennes department ⓘ

Mézières → locatedIn → Ardennes department ⓘ