Artois

former province of France
Administrative Area Historical Province Of France Q159987

Facts

8 properties

Identity

Inception
1659[3]
Native label
Artois[9]

Location

Country
France[1]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.500°, 2.500°
More facts +3
Capital
Arras[2]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
1790[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Artois ar أرتوا de Artesien de Grafschaft Artois el Αρτουά es Artesia es Artois fr Atrebatia he ארטואה ja アルトワ ko 아르투아 nl Artesië nl Artesie (streek) pt Artésia pt Artesiano pt Casa d'Artois pt Condado de Artois ru Артуа ru Граф д'Артуа ru Графство Артуа
🔖 Identifiers · 26
VIAF cluster ID
134901292
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83014788
GND ID
4085990-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Artois.JPG ↗
Biblissima authority ID
978
De Agostini ID
Artois
FAST ID
1223898
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1408664
GeoNames ID
3036644
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
artois
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0005506
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1832299
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Interlingual Index ID
i83688
J9U entity ID
987007564396005171
Lex ID
Artois
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
00528/eu_a_5284/a5284
Museum-digital place ID
15762
NL CR AUT ID
ge128681
RKD thesaurus ID
34758
Topic's main category
Category:Artois
Treccani ID
artois
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
artois
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
artois
Wellcome Collection concept ID
vt9mm647
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgXgYR34WV6QJPt9TYXVC
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Artois include artesian well[10]; Second Battle of Artois[11], a battle[12], in France[13]; and Third Battle of Artois[14], a battle[15], in France[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Artois include artesian well[10]; Second Battle of Artois[11], a battle[12], in France[13]; and Third Battle of Artois[14], a battle[15], in France[16].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 1d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65737: pages 301-558"
  2. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished → +1790-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 50.5, 'lon': 2.5}
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Artois
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q30318, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
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