Bastogne

E6658
municipality town

Bastogne is a town in southeastern Belgium best known for its strategic role and fierce fighting during World War II’s Battle of the Bulge.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Bastogne town center 2
Ardennes front of the Battle of the Bulge 1
Siege of Bastogne 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Anthony McAuliffe ⓘ
associatedWithUnit U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 101st Airborne Division
attackedBy German Army ⓘ
battleDateRange 1944-12-16/1945-01-25 ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
defendedBy U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 101st Airborne Division (United States)

elements of the 10th Armored Division (United States) ⓘ
elevationApprox 510 m ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual Battle of the Bulge remembrance events ⓘ
hasIndustry agriculture ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark Bastogne Barracks ⓘ
McAuliffe Square ⓘ
NUTS monument ⓘ
hasMayor (current mayor varies over time) ⓘ
hasMemorial Mardasson Memorial ⓘ
hasMuseum 101st Airborne Museum Le Mess ⓘ
Bastogne War Museum ⓘ
hasTwinTown Carentan-les-Marais ⓘ
Haguenau ⓘ
Houffalize ⓘ
Sainte-Mère-Église ⓘ
hasWarCemetery Mardasson Memorial ⓘ
knownFor fierce fighting in December 1944 ⓘ
siege during the Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
strategic importance in World War II ⓘ
locatedIn Ardennes Forest ⓘ
surface form: Ardennes region

Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form: Luxembourg Province

Wallonia ⓘ
southeastern Belgium ⓘ
locatedNear Ardennes Forest ⓘ
surface form: Ardennes
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Arrondissement of Bastogne ⓘ
postalCode 6600 ⓘ
regionLanguage Walloon language ⓘ
surface form: Walloon
relievedBy Patton's Third Army ⓘ
relievedOnDate 1944-12-26 ⓘ
roadJunctionOf N30 ⓘ
N4 ⓘ
N84 ⓘ
roleIn Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surroundedOnDate 1944-12-21 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

N84 → connectsTo → Bastogne ⓘ
Mardasson Memorial → hasCity → Bastogne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bastogne town center
this entity surface form: Siege of Bastogne
Bastogne Barracks → locatedIn → Bastogne ⓘ
Bastogne War Museum → locatedIn → Bastogne ⓘ
Mardasson Memorial → locatedIn → Bastogne ⓘ
McAuliffe Square → locatedIn → Bastogne ⓘ
Houffalize → locatedNear → Bastogne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bastogne town center
this entity surface form: Ardennes front of the Battle of the Bulge
this entity surface form: defense of Bastogne