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ID: 7008458
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008458
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Douai (inhabited place)  Douai (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 22 21 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.3724  decimal degrees
Long: 003 05 20 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.0890  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Scarpe river; ruled by counts of Flanders and dukes of Burgundy, Austria and Spain in the Middle Ages; captured by Louis XIV in 1667; ceded to France in 1668; almost destroyed during sieges of 1710 and 1712; was damaged during World Wars I and II.

Names:
Douai (preferred,C,V)
Douay (C,V)
Duacum (H,O)  ............ ancient name

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 Douai (inhabited place)  ................  Douai (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Flanders (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Flanders (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Douai (inhabited place)  ............  Douai (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient center
city (C)
commercial center (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
educational center (C)  ............  since 1562, declined in 1887 with removal of original univeristy, yet still retains many educational establishments

Sources and Contributors:
Douai..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 192
..............  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 57
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Douay..........  [GRLPSC]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Duacum..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 250
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 341
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 250
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 192
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1424354
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 57
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 341
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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