Guise, Picardy, France

E118949

French industrialist French noble family commune of France medieval castle social housing complex

Guise, Picardy, France is a small historic town in northern France known for its medieval castle and its role in French political and revolutionary history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guise, France	4
Guise, Aisne, France	3
Guise, Picardy, France canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T969030 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Guise, Picardy, France
Context triple: [Camille Desmoulins, placeOfBirth, Guise, Picardy, France]

A. Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, France
Coquelles, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, is a commune best known as the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel linking France and the United Kingdom.
B. Cirey, Kingdom of France
Cirey, in the Kingdom of France, was the country estate where Voltaire spent several productive years living and working with Émilie du Châtelet, becoming a major center of Enlightenment thought.
C. Fourchambault, France
Fourchambault, France is a small industrial town in the Nièvre department of central France, historically known for its steelworks and metallurgical industry.
D. Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Mont-Saint-Aignan, France is a suburban commune near Rouen in Normandy, known as a residential and educational center and as the birthplace of legendary cyclist Jacques Anquetil.
E. Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France
Belloy-Saint-Léonard is a small commune in the Somme department of northern France, noted as the birthplace of famed Free French general Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Guise, Picardy, France
Target entity description: Guise, Picardy, France is a small historic town in northern France known for its medieval castle and its role in French political and revolutionary history.

A. Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, France
Coquelles, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, is a commune best known as the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel linking France and the United Kingdom.
B. Cirey, Kingdom of France
Cirey, in the Kingdom of France, was the country estate where Voltaire spent several productive years living and working with Émilie du Châtelet, becoming a major center of Enlightenment thought.
C. Fourchambault, France
Fourchambault, France is a small industrial town in the Nièvre department of central France, historically known for its steelworks and metallurgical industry.
D. Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Mont-Saint-Aignan, France is a suburban commune near Rouen in Normandy, known as a residential and educational center and as the birthplace of legendary cyclist Jacques Anquetil.
E. Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France
Belloy-Saint-Léonard is a small commune in the Somme department of northern France, noted as the birthplace of famed Free French general Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French industrialist ⓘ French noble family ⓘ commune of France ⓘ medieval castle ⓘ social housing complex ⓘ
administrativeStatus	subprefecture of arrondissement of Vervins ⓘ
arrondissement	Vervins ⓘ
canton	Guise ⓘ
category	Communes of Aisne ⓘ Historic towns in France ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
foundedBy	Jean-Baptiste André Godin ⓘ
governedBy	municipal council ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	local industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	sites listed as Monuments historiques ⓘ
hasLandmark	Château de Guise ⓘ Familistère de Guise ⓘ
hasMayor	mayor of Guise ⓘ
hasTransport	regional road connections ⓘ
heritageStatus	Monument historique of France ⓘ Monument historique of France ⓘ
historicalRegion	Picardy ⓘ
historicalTerritoryOf	House of Guise ⓘ
inseeCode	02361 ⓘ
knownFor	Familistère de Guise ⓘ medieval castle ⓘ role in French political history ⓘ role in French revolutionary history ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Aisne department ⓘ linked to: Aisne (department) Guise ⓘ Guise ⓘ Hauts-de-France region ⓘ linked to: Hauts-de-France northern France ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Oise River ⓘ
nearbyCity	Laon ⓘ Saint-Quentin ⓘ
playedRoleIn	French Revolution ⓘ French Wars of Religion ⓘ
populationTrend	small town ⓘ
postalCode	02120 ⓘ
timeZone	CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST	CEST ⓘ
tookNameFrom	Guise ⓘ
wasSeatOf	House of Guise ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camille Desmoulins → placeOfBirth → Guise, Picardy, France ⓘ

Camille Desmoulins → placeOfBirth → Guise, France ⓘ

subject linked to: Desmoulins