Escaut

former French department (1795-1814)
Organization department_of_france Q1366860
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Escaut

Summary

Escaut is a department of France[1]. Escaut draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_france category, ranking #90 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Escaut is located in Ghent[3].
  • Escaut is in the country of France[4].
  • Escaut's instance of is recorded as department of France[5].
  • Escaut's capital is recorded as Ghent[6].
  • Escaut's shares border with is recorded as Lys[7].
  • Escaut's shares border with is recorded as Jemmape[8].
  • Escaut's shares border with is recorded as Dyle[9].
  • Scheldt is named after Escaut[10].
  • Escaut's GND ID is recorded as 7593715-3[11].
  • Escaut's locator map image is recorded as Escaut departement (1812).svg[12].
  • +1795-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Escaut[13].
  • Escaut was dissolved in +1814-05-30T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Escaut's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.05, 'lon': 3.73333333}[15].
  • Escaut's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y6zp[16].
  • Escaut's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Escaut'}[17].
  • Escaut's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2787091[18].
  • Escaut's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1969356[19].
  • Escaut's exact match is recorded as http://www.gemeentegeschiedenis.nl/departement/Sc[20].
  • Escaut's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1343989241[21].
  • Escaut's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Escaut_(département)[22].

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Founding

+1795-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Escaut[13].

Identity

Escaut's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Escaut'}[17].

Dissolution

Escaut was dissolved in +1814-05-30T00:00:00Z[14].

Why It Matters

Escaut draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_france category, ranking #90 of 147).[2] Escaut has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Escaut is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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