Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

E443229

city municipality

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, known for its location along the Richelieu River and its annual international hot air balloon festival.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu canonical	15
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4187856 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Context triple: [South Shore municipalities, hasMunicipality, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]

A. Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières is a historic industrial and cultural city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located roughly midway between Montreal and Quebec City.
B. Estrie
Estrie is an administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, known for its rolling Appalachian landscapes, lakes, and bilingual (French-English) communities.
C. Saint-Constant
Saint-Constant is a suburban city located on the South Shore of Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada.
D. Lévis
Lévis is a city located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, directly across from Quebec City.
E. Outremont
Outremont is an affluent residential borough of Montreal, Quebec, known for its tree-lined streets, historic architecture, and significant Hasidic Jewish community.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Target entity description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, known for its location along the Richelieu River and its annual international hot air balloon festival.

A. Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières is a historic industrial and cultural city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located roughly midway between Montreal and Quebec City.
B. Estrie
Estrie is an administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, known for its rolling Appalachian landscapes, lakes, and bilingual (French-English) communities.
C. Saint-Constant
Saint-Constant is a suburban city located on the South Shore of Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada.
D. Lévis
Lévis is a city located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, directly across from Quebec City.
E. Outremont
Outremont is an affluent residential borough of Montreal, Quebec, known for its tree-lined streets, historic architecture, and significant Hasidic Jewish community.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
borderingFeature	Richelieu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
distanceToMontreal	approximately 40 km ⓘ
festivalType	hot air balloon festival ⓘ
hasAreaCode	450 ⓘ 579 ⓘ
hasBridge	Iberville Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Military College Saint-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEvent	International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFestival	International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMilitaryBase	Royal Military College Saint-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus	city ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	J2W ⓘ J2X ⓘ J2Y ⓘ J3A ⓘ
hasRiver	Lacolle River NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Acadie River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiverCrossing	Richelieu River bridges ⓘ
hasTransportation	Autoroute 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec Route 104 NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec Route 133 NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec Route 219 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	Greater Montreal area NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSeatOf	Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	annual international hot air balloon festival ⓘ location along the Richelieu River ⓘ
languageMajority	French-speaking ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Montérégie NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Lawrence River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Quebec ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	U.S. border ⓘ
locatedOn	Richelieu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
province	Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
river	Richelieu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTimeZone	UTC−04:00 ⓘ
usesTimeZone	UTC−05:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

South Shore municipalities → hasMunicipality → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil → cathedralCity → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil → territoryIncludes → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil → episcopalSee → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Richelieu River → flowsThrough → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Richelieu River → hasCityOnBank → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Autoroute 15 (Quebec) → passesThrough → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Fort St. John → locatedNear → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

Fort St. John → locatedInPresentDayMunicipality → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec → seat → Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ⓘ