Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France
E733792
Hesdin is a small historic commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, known for its traditional architecture and role as a local market town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8437004 — 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: Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France Context triple: [Henri Le Fauconnier, placeOfBirth, Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France]
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Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, France
Coquelles, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, is a commune best known as the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel linking France and the United Kingdom.
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B.
Noeux-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France
Nœux-les-Mines is a former coal-mining town in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, known as the birthplace of legendary French footballer Raymond Kopa.
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C.
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France
Belloy-Saint-Léonard is a small commune in the Somme department of northern France, noted as the birthplace of famed Free French general Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.
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D.
Béthune, France
Béthune is a historic town in northern France’s Pas-de-Calais department, known for its belfry, reconstructed town center, and role in both World Wars.
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E.
Bohain-en-Vermandois, France
Bohain-en-Vermandois is a small commune in northern France known as a historic textile town and the birthplace of several notable artists, including Pierre Matisse.
- 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: Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France Target entity description: Hesdin is a small historic commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, known for its traditional architecture and role as a local market town.
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A.
Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, France
Coquelles, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, is a commune best known as the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel linking France and the United Kingdom.
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B.
Noeux-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France
Nœux-les-Mines is a former coal-mining town in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, known as the birthplace of legendary French footballer Raymond Kopa.
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C.
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France
Belloy-Saint-Léonard is a small commune in the Somme department of northern France, noted as the birthplace of famed Free French general Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.
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D.
Béthune, France
Béthune is a historic town in northern France’s Pas-de-Calais department, known for its belfry, reconstructed town center, and role in both World Wars.
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E.
Bohain-en-Vermandois, France
Bohain-en-Vermandois is a small commune in northern France known as a historic textile town and the birthplace of several notable artists, including Pierre Matisse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritorialEntity | Pas-de-Calais department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaSquareKilometres | 9.64 ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| demographics | small population ⓘ |
| elevationMaxMeters | 128 ⓘ |
| elevationMeters | 36 ⓘ |
| elevationMinMeters | 22 ⓘ |
| governingBody | municipal council of Hesdin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
Hesdin town hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parish church of Notre-Dame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
historic town
ⓘ
traditional architecture ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
local commerce
ⓘ
weekly market ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central market square
ⓘ
traditional brick and stone houses ⓘ |
| hasFunction | local service centre for surrounding rural area ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | historic urban fabric ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent |
destruction of Old Hesdin in the 16th century
ⓘ
refounding as New Hesdin nearby ⓘ |
| hasINSEECode | 62447 ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 62140 ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Hesdin station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport | regional bus connections ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | County of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMarketTown | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hauts-de-France
ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais NERFINISHED ⓘ northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Europe ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Montreuil-sur-Mer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Canche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arrondissement of Montreuil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canton of Auxi-le-Château NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Amiens–Calais railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadJunctionOf |
D928
ⓘ
D939 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
CEST
ⓘ
CET ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France Description of subject: Hesdin is a small historic commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, known for its traditional architecture and role as a local market town.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.