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ID: 7008622
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008622
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Alès (inhabited place)  Alès (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 07 52 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.1311  decimal degrees
Long: 004 05 14 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.0872  decimal degrees

Note: The focus of an industrial center, its name meant "industry" in Phoenician language; became part of French kingdom in 1243; was damaged in French Wars of Religion, which were ended by Peace of Alais in 1629; former fort is now a museum & library.

Names:
Alès (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1926
Alais (H,V)  ............ until 1926
Alestium (H,V)  ............ ancient Roman

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Occitanie (region (administrative division))  ............  Occitanie (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Alès (inhabited place)  ................  Alès (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Phoenicians, 10th cen. BC
city (C)
tourist center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Alais..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 29
Alès..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 237
...........  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Alestium..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 237
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 237
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1407072
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 29
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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