Douai

E86459

UNESCO World Heritage Site belfry commune of France court of appeal engineering school historic town railway station subprefecture in France university

Douai is a historic town in northern France known for its medieval belfry, former importance as a university and legal center, and role in the shifting Franco-Flemish borderlands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Douai canonical	27
City of Douai	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ belfry ⓘ commune of France ⓘ court of appeal ⓘ engineering school ⓘ historic town ⓘ railway station ⓘ subprefecture in France ⓘ university ⓘ
capturedBy	Louis XIV of France ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
departmentalCode	59 ⓘ
foundedBy	Philip II of Spain ⓘ
hasBelfry	Belfry of Douai ⓘ
hasCourt	Court of Appeal of Douai ⓘ
hasInstitution	École des Mines de Douai ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Douai station ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Douai ⓘ
historicalAffiliation	County of Flanders ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands
historicalRegion	French Flanders ⓘ surface form: Franco-Flemish borderlands
historicalRole	Catholic university ⓘ parliamentary and legal center ⓘ university town ⓘ
INSEECODE	59178 ⓘ
isPartOf	arrondissement of Douai ⓘ canton of Douai ⓘ
jurisdiction	northern France ⓘ
knownFor	historic university ⓘ legal center ⓘ medieval belfry ⓘ
locatedIn	Douai self-linksurface differs ⓘ Douai self-linksurface differs ⓘ Douai self-linksurface differs ⓘ Douai self-linksurface differs ⓘ Douai self-linksurface differs ⓘ Flanders ⓘ Hauts-de-France ⓘ surface form: Hauts-de-France region Nord department ⓘ northern France ⓘ
locatedOn	Scarpe River ⓘ
partOf	Belfries of Belgium and France ⓘ
postalCode	59500 ⓘ
regionCapitalOf	none ⓘ
subprefectureOf	arrondissement of Douai ⓘ
twinnedWith	Kiskunfélegyháza ⓘ Lüdenscheid ⓘ Weymouth ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) → retainedByFrance → Douai ⓘ

Douay–Rheims Bible → compiledIn → Douai ⓘ

Douay–Rheims Bible → oldTestamentPublishedIn → Douai ⓘ

Nord department → containsCity → Douai ⓘ

subject surface form: Nord (department)

Nord department → hasSubprefecture → Douai ⓘ

subject surface form: Nord (department)

Union of Arras → participant → Douai ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Douai

Nord → subprefecture → Douai ⓘ

Nord → contains → Douai ⓘ

Siege of Douai (1667) → location → Douai ⓘ