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ID: 7010220
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010220
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Laon (inhabited place)  Laon (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 49 33 47 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 49.5631  decimal degrees
Long: 003 37 38 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.6271  decimal degrees

Note: An episcopal see from the 5th century CE until the French Revolution; capital of Carolingian kings until the capital was moved to Paris in 987; famous for its Gothic cathedral and school; occupied during the Franco-Prussian War and both world wars.

Names:
Laon (preferred,C,V)
Laudunum (H,V)  ............ ancient

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 Laon (inhabited place)  ................  Laon (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 Île-de-France (historical region)  ............  Île-de-France (historical region) (P)
Hierarchy of Laon (inhabited place)  ................  Laon (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  fortified since Roman times
town (C)
department capital (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
national capital (H)
episcopal see (H)
educational center (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Laon..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 502
...........  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
...........  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Laudunum..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12745
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1, 502; I, 502
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12745
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1437913
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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