Douai, France

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Douai, France is a historic town in northern France known for its medieval belfry, legal and university traditions, and role as a regional administrative center.

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Label Occurrences
Douai, France canonical 2
Douai 1
Douai by Spanish Netherlands 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
subprefecture in France
adminCentreOf arrondissement of Douai
canton of Douai
annexationTreaty Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)
annexedBy Kingdom of France
belfryUNESCOStatus part of Belfries of Belgium and France World Heritage Site
country France
demonym Douaisien
Douaisienne
distanceToLens about 25 km northeast
distanceToLille about 40 km south
economicActivity former coal mining center
industrial and service economy
hasFestival Fêtes de Gayant
hasHeritageSite Belfry of Douai
surface form: Douai belfry
hasInstitution Court of Appeal of Douai
surface form: Douai Court of Appeal

University of Douai
surface form: University of Douai (historical)

Université d’Artois campus
École des Mines de Douai
hasLandmark Belfry of Douai
surface form: Douai belfry
hasMuseum Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai
historicalEvent annexed to France in 1667
historicalRole important town of the County of Flanders
major center in the Spanish Netherlands
historicProvince Flanders
historicRegion French Flanders
INSEECODE 59178
knownFor Gayant giant processions
legal traditions
medieval belfry
regional administrative role
university traditions
locatedIn Hauts-de-France
surface form: Hauts-de-France region

Nord department
northern France
locatedOn Scarpe River NERFINISHED
population about 40,000 inhabitants
postalCode 59500
railConnections connected to Lille
connected to Paris
river Scarpe
roleInJudiciary seat of a court of appeal
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
transport served by Douai railway station
twinning Lüdenscheid, Germany
Weymouth, Dorset, England
surface form: Weymouth, United Kingdom
universityFounded 1559
universityStatus former university town

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Henri-Edmond Cross placeOfBirth Douai, France
Siege of Douai (1667) previousController Douai, France
this entity surface form: Douai by Spanish Netherlands
Richard Bristow workLocation Douai, France
this entity surface form: Douai
Daniel O’Connell educatedAt Douai, France
Belfry of Douai locatedInOldTown Douai, France
this entity surface form: Douai city centre