Fort-Royal

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Fort-Royal is the former name of Fort-de-France, the capital city and main port of the French Caribbean island of Martinique.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Royal (historical fortification) 1
Fort-Royal canonical 1

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city name
historical place name
capitalOf Martinique
country France
formerNameOf Fort-de-France
governedBy Kingdom of France
hasFunction commercial port
strategic harbor
hasHeritage French colonial urban layout
hasNameMeaning Royal Fort
historicalPeriod French colonial era
languageOfName French
locatedIn Caribbean
Antilles
surface form: French West Indies

Lesser Antilles
Martinique
locatedInTimeZone UTC−04:00
locatedOn Bay of Fort-de-France
Martinique
surface form: Island of Martinique
mainPortOf Martinique
partOf French colonial empire
surface form: French colonial empire in the Caribbean

Martinique
surface form: Overseas department of Martinique
replacedBy Fort-de-France
successorAdministrativeEntity Commune of Fort-de-France
usedAs colonial administrative center
military port
naval base

Referenced by (2)

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

Fort-de-France namedAfter Fort-Royal
this entity surface form: Fort Royal (historical fortification)