Ypres

E92602

city municipality

Ypres is a historic town in western Belgium that was the site of several major and devastating battles during World War I.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ypres Salient	3
Ypern	1
Ypres 1914	1
Ypres 1915	1
Ypres 1917	1
Ypres Ramparts	1
Ypres, Belgium	1
Ypres, Canada	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	50.851 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	2.885 ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
economyIncludes	agriculture ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
grantedCityRights	13th century ⓘ
hasDutchName	Ieper NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFrenchName	Ypres self-link ⓘ
hasGermanName	Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ypern
hasHeritageStatus	several protected monuments ⓘ
hasLandmark	Cloth Hall of Ypres ⓘ Menin Gate ⓘ St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres ⓘ surface form: St Martin’s Cathedral, Ypres Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ypres Ramparts
historicalRegion	County of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostsEvent	Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate ⓘ
knownFor	In Flanders Fields Museum ⓘ Menin Gate Memorial ⓘ World War I battlefields ⓘ cloth trade in the Middle Ages ⓘ war cemeteries ⓘ
LastPostCeremonyFrequency	daily ⓘ
locatedIn	Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ western Belgium ⓘ
locatedOn	Ypres–Comines Canal ⓘ
near	French border ⓘ
officialLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
partOf	Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ypres Salient arrondissement of Ypres ⓘ
population	approximately 35000 ⓘ
postalCode	8900 ⓘ
timeZone	CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST	CEST ⓘ
twinnedWith	Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ surface form: Passchendaele Saint-Omer ⓘ Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ypres, Canada
wasHeavilyDamagedDuring	World War I ⓘ
wasRebuiltAfter	World War I ⓘ
wasSiteOf	Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ Fifth Battle of Ypres ⓘ First Battle of Ypres ⓘ Fourth Battle of Ypres ⓘ Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

Referenced by (23)

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

Grenadier Guards → battleHonour → Ypres ⓘ

Irish Guards → battleHonour → Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres 1914

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry → battleHonour → Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres 1915

Royal Berkshire Regiment → battleHonour → Ypres ⓘ

Welsh Guards → battleHonour → Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres 1917

Blues and Royals → battleHonoursInclude → Ypres ⓘ

Royal Warwickshire Regiment → battleHonoursInclude → Ypres ⓘ

Flanders → contains → Ypres ⓘ

West Flanders → contains → Ypres ⓘ

Bishopric of Ypres → episcopalSee → Ypres ⓘ

Battle of Passchendaele → front → Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres Salient

Second Battle of Ypres → front → Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres Salient

Treaty of Nijmegen → grantedTerritory → Ypres ⓘ

Ypres → hasFrenchName → Ypres self-link ⓘ

Ypres → hasGermanName → Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypern

Ypres → hasLandmark → Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres Ramparts

West Flanders → hasMunicipality → Ypres ⓘ

Slough → hasTwinTown → Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres, Belgium

Bishopric of Ypres → locatedIn → Ypres ⓘ

Second Battle of Ypres → location → Ypres ⓘ

Ypres → partOf → Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres Salient

Zlín → twinCity → Ypres ⓘ

Ypres → twinnedWith → Ypres self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres, Canada