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ID: 7002887 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002887			Record Type: administrative

Roussillon (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 30 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 42.5000 decimal degrees
Long: 002 30 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 2.5000 decimal degrees

Note: Historic region of S France; originally inhabited by Iberians, later became part of Roman Gaul; separate existence began early 10th cen.; united to Aragon 1172; acquired by Louis XIV 1659, by Treaty of the Pyrenees; French province under ancien regime.

Names:

Roussillon (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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France (nation) (P)

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Roussillon (general region) (P)

Place Types:

general region (preferred, C)
province (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Roussillon..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................	Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
.......................	Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
.......................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.......................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1033

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................	Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1463006
..................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1033


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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