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ID: 7008735
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008735
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saint Truiden (inhabited place)  Saint Truiden (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 49 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.8168  decimal degrees
Long: 005 11 11 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.1865  decimal degrees

Note: The commune in the province of Limburg, Belgium was originally the site of an abbey founded by the monk St. Trudo in the seventh century, around which the town grew. It was conquered by Charles the Bold of Burgundy in the 15th century. Notable among its old churches is Notre Dame, dating from the 15th century.

Names:
Saint Truiden (preferred,C,V)
Saint-Trond (C,V)
Sint-Truiden (C,V)
Sint Truijen (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Belgium (nation)  ........  Belgium (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Flanders (region (administrative division))  ............  Flanders (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Limburg (province)  ................  Limburg (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint Truiden (inhabited place)  ....................  Saint Truiden (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  town grew around abbey dating from 7th cen.
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Saint-Trond..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Saint Truiden..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 172
Sint-Truiden..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.......................  Blue Guide: Belgium & Luxembourg (1989) 293
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 867
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Michelin: Belgique, Luxembourg (1983)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Sint Truijen..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Belgium & Luxembourg (1989) 293
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 867
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Michelin: Belgique, Luxembourg (1983)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1969906
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 172
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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