Verdun, France

E69406

city commune of France

Verdun, France is a historic northeastern French city on the Meuse River, best known as the site of one of World War I’s largest and bloodiest battles.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Verdun	42
Verdun battlefield	9
city of Verdun	3
Verdun area	2
City of Verdun	1
Verdun, France canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ commune of France ⓘ
battleBelligerent	France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
battleDateRange	1916 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
elevationMaxMeters	358 ⓘ
elevationMinMeters	196 ⓘ
hasIndustry	food processing ⓘ
hasLandmark	Bishop’s Palace of Verdun ⓘ Cathedral of Verdun ⓘ Douaumont Ossuary ⓘ Fort Douaumont ⓘ Fort Vaux ⓘ Verdun Memorial Museum ⓘ surface form: Verdun Memorial Victory Monument of Verdun ⓘ
hasMilitaryCemetery	Douaumont military cemetery ⓘ Douaumont military cemetery ⓘ surface form: Fleury-devant-Douaumont necropolis
hasNearbyDestroyedVillage	Beaumont-en-Verdunois ⓘ Bezonvaux ⓘ Cumières-le-Mort-Homme ⓘ Fleury-devant-Douaumont ⓘ Haumont-près-Samogneux ⓘ Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre ⓘ Ornes ⓘ
hasSpecialtyFood	dragées de Verdun ⓘ
hasTransport	Verdun railway station ⓘ
hasUNESCOTentativeSite	Funerary and memorial sites of the First World War (Western Front) ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lorraine ⓘ
INSEECODE	55545 ⓘ
isPrefectureOf	Meuse department ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Verdun ⓘ World War I military fortifications ⓘ surface form: World War I battlefield
language	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Grand Est ⓘ surface form: Grand Est region Meuse department ⓘ northeastern France ⓘ
locatedInBasin	Meuse ⓘ surface form: Meuse basin
locatedInHistoricalEvent	Battle of Verdun ⓘ
locatedOn	Meuse ⓘ surface form: Meuse River
partOf	French Republic ⓘ
postalCode	55100 ⓘ
riverCrossingStructure	Pont Chaussée ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
twinnedWith	Friedberg, Hesse ⓘ Pforzheim ⓘ Salisbury ⓘ Sosnowiec ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

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

12th Army Group → headquartersLocation → Verdun, France ⓘ

Battle of Verdun → location → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Mark Meadows → placeOfBirth → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Maas → flowsThroughCity → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Meuse → passesThrough → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

A4 motorway (France) → passesNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Danielle Mitterrand → placeOfBirth → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Meuse → subprefecture → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Meuse → hasMajorTown → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Meuse → contains → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Fort Douaumont → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Douaumont Ossuary → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Douaumont Ossuary → overlooks → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Meuse department → subprefecture → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Meuse department → contains → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Verdun

Meuse department → contains → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Fort Vaux → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Verdun Memorial Museum → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Verdun Memorial Museum → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery → nearestCity → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Argonne Forest → near → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Varennes-en-Argonne → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Montmédy → nearbyCity → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Pont de Meuse at Verdun → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Pont de Meuse at Verdun → locatedInCityCenter → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Meuse valley → contains → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun area

United Defense Force → notableBattlefield → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Valmy → hasNearbyCity → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Belgica Prima → hadImportantCity → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Treaty of Verdun → locationSigned → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Kohl–Mitterrand Verdun hand-in-hand gesture → location → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Autoroute A4 → servesCity → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Schmalkaldic League → hasMember → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Verdun

northeastern France → containsBattlefield → Verdun, France ⓘ

subject surface form: Northeastern France

this entity surface form: Verdun

Bezonvaux → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Bezonvaux → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Cathedral of Verdun → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Douaumont military cemetery → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Douaumont military cemetery → locatedInArea → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Fleury-devant-Douaumont → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Fleury-devant-Douaumont → near → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Fleury-devant-Douaumont → hasRoadAccessFrom → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Ornes → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Cumières-le-Mort-Homme → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Haumont-près-Samogneux → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Beaumont-en-Verdunois → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun area

Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre → locatedNear → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre → nearbyBattlefield → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun battlefield

Pont Chaussée → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verdun

Pont Chaussée → locatedIn → Verdun, France ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Verdun