Soissons

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commune of France subprefecture in France

Soissons is a historic town in northern France known for its strategic military importance and notable battles throughout European history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Soissons canonical	21
Soissons and environs	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune of France ⓘ subprefecture in France ⓘ
administrativeStatus	subprefecture of the Aisne department ⓘ
capitalOf	former department of Aisne (historical periods) ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
departmentCode	02 ⓘ
distanceFrom	approximately 100 km northeast of Paris ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	Roman era ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture in surrounding area ⓘ light industry ⓘ services sector ⓘ
hasLandmark	Abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Léger Abbey (remains) NERFINISHED ⓘ Soissons Cathedral of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo	Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
INSEECODE	02722 ⓘ
isPrefectureOf	arrondissement of Soissons NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Soissons Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ early medieval history of the Franks ⓘ notable battles in European history ⓘ strategic military importance ⓘ
locatedIn	Aisne department NERFINISHED ⓘ Hauts-de-France ⓘ surface form: Hauts-de-France region northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Aisne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Suessiones (a Belgic tribe) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of the Franks (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	approximately 28,000 inhabitants (early 21st century) ⓘ
postalCode	02200 ⓘ
regionCapitalDistance	about 60 km from Laon ⓘ
religionHistory	important early Christian center in Gaul ⓘ
romanName	Augusta Suessionum NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST	CEST ⓘ
twinTown	Chorzów NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallipoli (Italy) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gdynia NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Kingdom of Soissons (5th century) NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasSiteOf	Battle of Soissons (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Soissons (486) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Soissons (718) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Soissons (923) NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of the Marne operations (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I engagements near the Aisne ⓘ World War II fighting in 1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Battle of Soissons → place → Soissons ⓘ

Franks → capitalUnderEarlyMerovingians → Soissons ⓘ

Kingdom of the Franks → capital → Soissons ⓘ

Aisne → subprefecture → Soissons ⓘ

Aisne → contains → Soissons ⓘ

Count of Soissons → associatedWith → Soissons ⓘ

Count of Soissons → associatedCity → Soissons ⓘ

Count of Soissons → seat → Soissons ⓘ

Count of Soissons → governedTerritory → Soissons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soissons and environs

Soissons Cathedral (attributed) → locatedIn → Soissons ⓘ

subject surface form: Soissons Cathedral

Soissons Cathedral (attributed) → city → Soissons ⓘ

subject surface form: Soissons Cathedral

Rethondes → nearbyCity → Soissons ⓘ

Coucy, France → hasNearbyCity → Soissons ⓘ

Aisne (department) → subprefecture → Soissons ⓘ

subject surface form: Aisne

Aisne (department) → contains → Soissons ⓘ

subject surface form: Aisne

Merovingian dynasty → hasCapital → Soissons ⓘ

Carloman I → coronationPlace → Soissons ⓘ

Picardy → contains → Soissons ⓘ

Laon → hasNearbyCity → Soissons ⓘ

northern France → containsCity → Soissons ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern France

Countess of Soissons → region → Soissons ⓘ

Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy → lordOf → Soissons ⓘ