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ID: 7008986
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008986
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Béthune (inhabited place)  Béthune (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 31 47 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.5298  decimal degrees
Long: 002 38 28 E  degrees minutes   Long: 2.6412  decimal degrees

Note: Independent county until 1248; held by counts of Artois and Flanders, dukes of Burgundy and Hapsburgs; ceded to France by Treaty of Nijmegen 1678; severely damaged in World Wars I and II; still dominated by its 14th century belfry; noted for coal mines.

Names:
Béthune (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 Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division))  ............  Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Béthune (inhabited place)  ................  Béthune (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 Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division))  ............  Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Artois (historical region)  ................  Artois (historical region) (P)
Hierarchy of Béthune (inhabited place)  ....................  Béthune (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 12th cen.
town (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Béthune..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 27
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1412320
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 27
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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