Artois, France
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Artois, France is a historical region in northern France known for its role as a major World War I battleground and its strategic location near the Belgian border.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Artois | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Flanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Arras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Arras
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Béthune NERFINISHED ⓘ Lens NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Omer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| formerPoliticalEntityOf | County of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion | Artois-Gohelle coal basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agricultural production
ⓘ
coal mining (historical) ⓘ |
| hasLanguageHistorically |
French
ⓘ
Picard ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Arras
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Béthune NERFINISHED ⓘ Lens NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Omer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
fertile plains
ⓘ
low hills ⓘ |
| historicalProvinceOf | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOf | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRuler |
Counts of Artois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Habsburgs NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | county ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Battle of Artois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War I battles NERFINISHED ⓘ agriculture ⓘ brewing tradition ⓘ coal mining ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hauts-de-France
ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais department NERFINISHED ⓘ northern France ⓘ |
| near | Belgian border ⓘ |
| partOf |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Low Countries (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionHistorically | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | frontier region between France and the Low Countries ⓘ |
| wasBattlefieldIn |
Battle of Arras (1917)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Battle of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasContestedBy |
Burgundy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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