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ID: 7008416
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008416
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Épinal (inhabited place)  Épinal (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 11 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.1832  decimal degrees
Long: 006 27 11 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.4530  decimal degrees

Note: Originally developed around a 10th-century monastery; passed to Charles VII, King of France 1422-1461; ceded to dukes of Lorraine in 1465; incorporated into France in 1766; became famous for producing colored picture prints in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Names:
Épinal (preferred,C,V)
Epinal (C,V)

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

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Lorraine (historical region)  ........  Lorraine (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Épinal (inhabited place)  ............  Épinal (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 10th century
town (C)
department capital (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Epinal..........  [BHA]
.................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
Épinal..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 4; 525-526
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 62
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 374
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 4; 525-526
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1425321
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 62
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 374
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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