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ID: 7008815
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008815
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Uccle (inhabited place)  Uccle (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 48 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.8000  decimal degrees
Long: 004 19 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.3167  decimal degrees

Note: Uccle is a Belgian town lying just south of Brussels and is one of the nineteen communes that make up Greater Brussels. It existed as a separate town by at least the 12th century. An historic inn, the Auberge du Cornet, dates from 1570, and lies near a wooded park, a remnant of the great Soigne Forest The modern town serves as a residential suburb for Brussels, with some light industry. It is the site of the Belgian Royal Observatory and several historic châteaux.

Names:
Uccle (preferred,C,V,French,U,N)
Ukkel (C,V,Flemish,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Belgium (nation)  ........  Belgium (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Brussels-Capital Region (region (administrative division))  ............  Brussels-Capital Region (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Uccle (inhabited place)  ................  Uccle (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  town existed by at least the 12th cen.
city (C)
suburb (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Uccle..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Blue Guide: Belgium & Luxembourg (1989)
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Ukkel..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 100
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Belgium & Luxembourg (1989)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 100
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1971330
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) "Uccle" accessed 28 July 2003

 

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