Mons, Belgium

E415995
city

Mons, Belgium is a historic city in the Wallonia region that serves as a key military and administrative hub, notably hosting major NATO institutions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mons, Belgium canonical 3
Casteau, Belgium 2
city of Mons 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
area about 146 km² ⓘ
capitalOf Hainaut ⓘ
surface form: Hainaut Province
contains Belfry of Mons ⓘ
Grand-Place de Mons ⓘ
Mons Memorial Museum ⓘ
Mundaneum ⓘ
Allied Command Operations ⓘ
surface form: NATO Allied Command Operations

Saint Waltrude Collegiate Church ⓘ
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ⓘ
University of Mons ⓘ
surface form: Université de Mons
coordinateLocation 50.4542°N 3.9523°E ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
demonym Montois ⓘ
economySector defence and military services ⓘ
higher education and research ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
elevation approximately 63 metres ⓘ
governmentType municipality ⓘ
hasFestival Doudou of Mons ⓘ
surface form: Doudou (Ducasse de Mons)
hasHeritageStatus Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (Doudou)

Belfries of Belgium and France ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Belfries of Belgium and France)
hasMayor Nicolas Martin ⓘ
hasMuseum BAM (Beaux-Arts Mons) ⓘ
Doudou Museum ⓘ
hasRoadConnection E19 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
E42 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransport Mons railway station ⓘ
hasTwinTown Little Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
surface form: Thessaloniki

Vannes ⓘ
Wiesbaden NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Mons ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Mons (1914)

Allied liberation of the Low Countries ⓘ
surface form: Liberation in World War II (1944)
locatedIn Wallonia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Hainaut ⓘ
surface form: Hainaut Province
locatedNear Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Charleroi ⓘ
Franco-Belgian border ⓘ
locatedOn Haute Haine plateau ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf French-speaking Community of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: French Community of Belgium
population approximately 95,000 (municipality) ⓘ
postalCode 7000 ⓘ
telephoneAreaCode 065 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
wasEuropeanCapitalOfCulture 2015 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

NATO Special Operations Headquarters → headquartersLocation → Mons, Belgium ⓘ
Deputy SACEUR → location → Mons, Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Casteau, Belgium
Deputy SACEUR → location → Mons, Belgium ⓘ
SHAPE → movedTo → Mons, Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Casteau, Belgium
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes → near → Mons, Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Mons
Mons Meg cannon → placeOfManufacture → Mons, Belgium ⓘ
subject surface form: Mons Meg
this entity surface form: Mons, County of Hainaut
Mons Prison → locatedNear → Mons, Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Mons
NSHQ → headquartersLocation → Mons, Belgium ⓘ