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ID: 7009218
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009218
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Granville (inhabited place)  Granville (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 50 15 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.8374  decimal degrees
Long: 001 35 38 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.5939  decimal degrees

Note: Fortified by the English in 1437; taken by French in Hundred Years War, 1441; burned by English 1695 and during Napoleonic Wars (1803 and 1808); during World War II, taken by United States forces 30 July 1944; has boat service to the Channel Islands in Great Britain.

Names:
Granville (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Normandie (region (administrative division))  ............  Normandie (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Granville (inhabited place)  ................  Granville (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Normandy (historical region)  ............  Normandy (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Granville (inhabited place)  ................  Granville (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
fortified settlement (C)  ............  since the mid-15th century
port (C)
resort (C)  ............  for yachtsmen and tourists

Sources and Contributors:
Granville..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1; 347
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 5; 427
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1; 347
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 5; 427
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1430507
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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