INSEE code system
E538431
The INSEE code system is France’s official numerical identification scheme used to uniquely code geographic areas, administrative divisions, and various statistical entities for national data and census purposes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| INSEE code system canonical | 6 |
| INSEE | 3 |
| INSEE codes | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5632187 — 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: INSEE code system Context triple: [Clermont-Ferrand arrondissement, uses, INSEE code system]
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A.
IDHEC
IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques) was a prestigious French film school in Paris that trained many notable filmmakers and industry professionals.
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B.
canton of Sarcelles
The canton of Sarcelles is an administrative division in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region of northern France, centered on the suburban town of Sarcelles near Paris.
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C.
canton of Tremblay-en-France
The canton of Tremblay-en-France is an administrative division in the Seine-Saint-Denis department of the Île-de-France region in northern France, centered on the commune of Tremblay-en-France and its surrounding area.
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D.
INRIA
INRIA is the French national research institute dedicated to computer science and applied mathematics, known for its leading contributions to digital science and technology.
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E.
Sarcelles
Sarcelles is a northern suburb of Paris in the Île-de-France region, known for its large housing estates and diverse, multicultural population.
- 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: INSEE code system Target entity description: The INSEE code system is France’s official numerical identification scheme used to uniquely code geographic areas, administrative divisions, and various statistical entities for national data and census purposes.
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A.
IDHEC
IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques) was a prestigious French film school in Paris that trained many notable filmmakers and industry professionals.
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B.
canton of Sarcelles
The canton of Sarcelles is an administrative division in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region of northern France, centered on the suburban town of Sarcelles near Paris.
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C.
canton of Tremblay-en-France
The canton of Tremblay-en-France is an administrative division in the Seine-Saint-Denis department of the Île-de-France region in northern France, centered on the commune of Tremblay-en-France and its surrounding area.
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D.
INRIA
INRIA is the French national research institute dedicated to computer science and applied mathematics, known for its leading contributions to digital science and technology.
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E.
Sarcelles
Sarcelles is a northern suburb of Paris in the Île-de-France region, known for its large housing estates and diverse, multicultural population.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geocoding system
ⓘ
statistical classification system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
administrative divisions
ⓘ
communes of France ⓘ departments of France ⓘ economic units ⓘ geographic areas ⓘ individual persons ⓘ regions of France ⓘ statistical entities ⓘ |
| component |
INSEE commune code
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INSEE department code ⓘ INSEE region code ⓘ NIR (French national identification number) ⓘ SIREN number system ⓘ SIRET number system ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dataType |
code
ⓘ
identifier ⓘ |
| distinctionFrom | French postal code system ⓘ |
| domain |
demography
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economics ⓘ public administration ⓘ territorial planning ⓘ |
| feature |
codes are designed to be stable over time
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codes are numeric or alphanumeric strings ⓘ codes are structured to encode administrative hierarchy ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official coding system of the French state ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Direction des statistiques démographiques et sociales (INSEE)
NERFINISHED
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Direction des statistiques d’entreprises (INSEE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator |
INSEE
NERFINISHED
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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitation of data exchange between administrations
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harmonization of national statistics ⓘ longitudinal tracking of demographic changes ⓘ longitudinal tracking of economic activity ⓘ unique identification of territorial units ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
European NUTS classification
NERFINISHED
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LAU (Local Administrative Units) classification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
administrative identification
ⓘ
census data ⓘ official statistics ⓘ |
| usedBy |
European and international statistical organizations
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French central government NERFINISHED ⓘ French statistical services ⓘ local authorities in France ⓘ research institutions in France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: INSEE code system Description of subject: The INSEE code system is France’s official numerical identification scheme used to uniquely code geographic areas, administrative divisions, and various statistical entities for national data and census purposes.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
INSEE
this entity surface form:
INSEE
this entity surface form:
INSEE codes
this entity surface form:
INSEE codes
this entity surface form:
INSEE