Laon

E265383
commune of France subprefecture in France

Laon is a historic hilltop city in northern France known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and impressive Gothic cathedral.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Laon canonical 17
Laon, France 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
subprefecture in France ⓘ
architecturalStyleOfMajorCathedral Gothic architecture ⓘ
cathedralDedication Our Lady (Notre-Dame) ⓘ
surface form: Notre-Dame
country France ⓘ
departmentCode 02 ⓘ
elevationFeature built on a limestone hill ⓘ
hasCityWalls yes ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity public administration ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Institut universitaire de technologie de l’Aisne ⓘ
hasFeature fortifications ⓘ
medieval streets ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
hasHistoricCenter yes ⓘ
hasHistoricPeriod medieval era ⓘ
hasHistoricRole administrative center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
hasLandmark Laon Cathedral ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Reims ⓘ
Saint-Quentin ⓘ
Soissons ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Paris ⓘ
Reims ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Laon Cathedral ⓘ
hasTourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
hasTransport Laon railway station ⓘ
heritageStatus noted for well-preserved medieval townscape ⓘ
INSEECODE 02408 ⓘ
is former capital of the province of Picardy ⓘ
historic hilltop city ⓘ
prefecture of the Aisne department ⓘ
isAccessibleBy A26 motorway ⓘ
A4 motorway (via connections) ⓘ
knownFor Gothic cathedral ⓘ
well-preserved medieval architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Aisne (department) ⓘ
surface form: Aisne department

Hauts-de-France ⓘ
surface form: Hauts-de-France region

northern France ⓘ
locatedOn Picardy plateau ⓘ
surface form: Laon plateau
officialLanguage French ⓘ
postalCode 02000 ⓘ
regionHistoric Picardy ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Jacques Marquette → placeOfBirth → Laon ⓘ
Winchester, Hampshire, England → twinTown → Laon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laon, France
Aisne → capital → Laon ⓘ
Aisne → prefecture → Laon ⓘ
Aisne → contains → Laon ⓘ
Guise, Picardy, France → nearbyCity → Laon ⓘ
subject surface form: Guise
Battle of Laon → location → Laon ⓘ
Coucy, France → hasNearbyCity → Laon ⓘ
Aisne (department) → capital → Laon ⓘ
subject surface form: Aisne
Aisne (department) → prefecture → Laon ⓘ
subject surface form: Aisne
Aisne (department) → subprefecture → Laon ⓘ
subject surface form: Aisne
Aisne (department) → contains → Laon ⓘ
subject surface form: Aisne
Gerberga of Saxony → residence → Laon ⓘ
Picardy → contains → Laon ⓘ
Bertrada of Laon → placeOfOrigin → Laon ⓘ
West Francia → capital → Laon ⓘ
N2 road → passesNear → Laon ⓘ
Saint Remigius → birthPlace → Laon ⓘ