Alençon

E348749
commune of France subprefecture in France

Alençon is a historic town in northwestern France renowned for its fine lace-making tradition and architectural heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Alençon canonical 13
Alençon, France 1
Alençon, Orne, France 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
subprefecture in France ⓘ
administrativeStatus prefecture of Orne ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonym Alençonnais ⓘ
departmentCode 61 ⓘ
dialingCode +33 ⓘ
economy services ⓘ
textiles and lace ⓘ
governingBody municipal council of Alençon ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Centre for the Interpretation of Lace ⓘ
hasLandmark Basilica of Notre-Dame d’Alençon ⓘ
Château des Ducs ⓘ
Halle au Blé ⓘ
Maison d’Ozé ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle d’Alençon ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Caen ⓘ
Le Mans ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of Notre-Dame d’Alençon ⓘ
heritageDesignation Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for Alençon needle lace-making
heritageDesignationYear 2010 ⓘ
historicalRegion Lower Normandy (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Lower Normandy
inseeCode 61001 ⓘ
isPartOf Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy region

Orne department ⓘ
knownFor Alençon lace ⓘ
architectural heritage ⓘ
lace-making tradition ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Normandy ⓘ
Orne department ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ
locatedInHistoricProvince Normandy ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sarthe River ⓘ
nearestLargeCity Caen ⓘ
Le Mans ⓘ
notableFor fine needle lace technique called point d’Alençon ⓘ
populationApproximate around 26000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode 61000 ⓘ
regionCapitalOf none ⓘ
roadConnection A28 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
subprefectureOf Orne department ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode 61 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Sarthe → flowsThroughCity → Alençon ⓘ
Orne → capital → Alençon ⓘ
Orne → contains → Alençon ⓘ
Orne → administrativeCentre → Alençon ⓘ
Jacques Hébert → placeOfBirth → Alençon ⓘ
Sarthe River → flowsThroughCity → Alençon ⓘ
TER Normandie → connectsCity → Alençon ⓘ
Normandy (administrative region) → contains → Alençon ⓘ
L. T. Hobhouse → placeOfDeath → Alençon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alençon, France
Flers, Orne, France → hasDepartmentCapital → Alençon ⓘ
Thérèse of Lisieux → birthPlace → Alençon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alençon, Orne, France
Orne department → capital → Alençon ⓘ
subject surface form: Orne
Orne department → contains → Alençon ⓘ
subject surface form: Orne
Orne department → hasHistoricTown → Alençon ⓘ
subject surface form: Orne
RN12 → connectsTown → Alençon ⓘ