Orange

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commune of France town

Orange is a historic town in southeastern France best known for giving its name and origin to the Dutch royal House of Orange-Nassau.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune of France → town →
administrativeDivision	department of Vaucluse →
associatedWithDynasty	House of Orange → House of Orange-Nassau →
country	France →
distanceFrom	about 21 km north of Avignon →
formerStatus	sovereign principality →
foundedAs	Roman colony →
foundedBy	Romans →
hasDemonym	Orangeois → Orangeoises →
hasEconomicActivity	tourism → viticulture →
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site components →
hasLandmark	Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral → Roman Theatre of Orange → Saint-Eutrope Hill → Triumphal Arch of Orange →
hasLatinName	Arausio →
hasRomanName	Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio →
hasWorldHeritageSite	Roman Theatre of Orange → Triumphal Arch of Orange →
historicalProvince	Provence →
historicalRole	capital of the Principality of Orange →
influenced	Dutch national color orange → title Prince of Orange →
INSEECODE	84087 →
knownFor	Provençal culture → giving its name to the Dutch royal family → giving its name to the House of Orange-Nassau →
locatedIn	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur → Vaucluse → southeastern France →
mergedByTreaty	Treaty of Utrecht →
mergedDate	1713 →
mergedInto	France →
namedAfter	Celtic settlement Arausio →
nearRiver	Rhône →
partOf	arrondissement of Carpentras → canton of Orange →
postalCode	84100 →
regionType	wine-growing region →
river	Eygues →
timeZone	CET →
timeZoneDST	CEST →
worldHeritageInscriptionYear	1981 →
worldHeritageListing	Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral → Saint-Eutrope Hill → Triumphal Arch of Orange →	locatedIn
Vaucluse → Vaucluse →	contains
Council of Orange (529) → Second Council of Orange →	location
Principality of Orange →	capital
arrondissement of Carpentras →	containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Ouvèze River →	flowsThrough
Foreign Legion →	garrison
Arausio →	hasModernName
House of Chalon-Arlay →	hasSeat
Arausio →	LatinNameOf
Paris–Marseille railway →	majorIntermediateCity
Principality of Orange →	namedAfter
Syracuse Orange football →	nickname
House of Orange-Nassau →	originatesFrom
Saint-Eutrope Hill →	overlooks
Mitchell Highway →	passesThrough