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ID: 7008765
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008765
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cannes (inhabited place)  Cannes (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 32 59 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.5497  decimal degrees
Long: 006 59 39 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.9943  decimal degrees

Note: Occupied by Phocaeans, Celts & Romans; under protection of Monks of Lérins 4th cen.; twice destroyed by Moors; Napoleon's landing spot on his escape from Elba 1815; marked E limit of US landing in World War II; site of International Film Festival.

Names:
Cannes (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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (region (administrative division))  ............  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Cannes (inhabited place)  ................  Cannes (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled by Ligurian tribesmen, 500 BC
city (C)
port (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
trade center (C)
tourist center (C)
resort (C)  ............  originated in 1834 with Lord Brougham, who built a villa & returned every year
fishing community (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Cannes..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 804
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 215
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 804
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1416533
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 215
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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