La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality
E816800
La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality is the original settlement area whose name, referring to a rocky site on the Yon River, gave rise to the modern town of La Roche-sur-Yon in western France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9710197 — 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: La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality Context triple: [La Roche-sur-Yon, namedAfter, La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality]
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A.
Revest-les-Roches
Revest-les-Roches is a small hillside commune in southeastern France’s Alpes-Maritimes department, known for its scenic setting above the Var valley within the Nice metropolitan area.
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B.
de Rochechouart
De Rochechouart is the name of an old French noble family historically associated with the aristocracy and the royal court.
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C.
La Roche-sur-Foron
La Roche-sur-Foron is a small historic town in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the Arve Valley between Annecy and Geneva.
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D.
Oyonnax
Oyonnax is a town in eastern France’s Ain department, known historically for its plastics industry and its role in the French Resistance during World War II.
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E.
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne is a historic commune in north-central France situated on the Yonne River, known for its medieval architecture and former role as a royal fortified town.
- 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: La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality Target entity description: La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality is the original settlement area whose name, referring to a rocky site on the Yon River, gave rise to the modern town of La Roche-sur-Yon in western France.
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A.
Revest-les-Roches
Revest-les-Roches is a small hillside commune in southeastern France’s Alpes-Maritimes department, known for its scenic setting above the Var valley within the Nice metropolitan area.
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B.
de Rochechouart
De Rochechouart is the name of an old French noble family historically associated with the aristocracy and the royal court.
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C.
La Roche-sur-Foron
La Roche-sur-Foron is a small historic town in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the Arve Valley between Annecy and Geneva.
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D.
Oyonnax
Oyonnax is a town in eastern France’s Ain department, known historically for its plastics industry and its role in the French Resistance during World War II.
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E.
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne is a historic commune in north-central France situated on the Yonne River, known for its medieval architecture and former role as a royal fortified town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical locality
ⓘ
original settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | development of the town of La Roche-sur-Yon ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | La Roche-sur-Yon (modern town) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureCharacterizedBy | rocky outcrop ⓘ |
| gaveNameTo | La Roche-sur-Yon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | origin of the place-name La Roche-sur-Yon ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature | rocky promontory ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalContext | Yon River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | rocky site on the Yon River ⓘ |
| hasNaturalSetting | riverine landscape ⓘ |
| hasSettlementContinuityWith | modern La Roche-sur-Yon urban area ⓘ |
| historicalRole | origin of the urban nucleus of La Roche-sur-Yon ⓘ |
| isWithin | historical region of Poitou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
La Roche-sur-Yon commune
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pays de la Loire NERFINISHED ⓘ Vendée NERFINISHED ⓘ western France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Yon River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the rock on the Yon River ⓘ |
| partOf | historical territory of Bas-Poitou ⓘ |
| toponymElement |
Roche (rock)
ⓘ
Yon (river) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| toponymType | hydronym-based toponym ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality Description of subject: La Roche-sur-Yon (river Yon rock) locality is the original settlement area whose name, referring to a rocky site on the Yon River, gave rise to the modern town of La Roche-sur-Yon in western France.
Referenced by (1)
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