Salins-les-Bains Saltworks
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Salins-les-Bains Saltworks is a historic French salt production site renowned for its underground galleries and brine extraction facilities, recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble with the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains | 1 |
| Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Arc-et-Senans | 1 |
| Saline Royale d’Arc-et-Senans | 1 |
| Saline de Chaux project | 1 |
| Salins-les-Bains Saltworks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1600797 — 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: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks Context triple: [Franche-Comté, hasUNESCOSite, Salins-les-Bains Saltworks]
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Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans
The Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans is an 18th-century industrial complex in eastern France, designed by architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux as a model saltworks and now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its pioneering neoclassical architecture and urban planning.
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Ses Salines Natural Park
Ses Salines Natural Park is a protected coastal and marine reserve between Ibiza and Formentera, renowned for its salt flats, wetlands, rich birdlife, and pristine beaches.
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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a picturesque village in southeastern France renowned for its powerful karst spring, one of the largest in the world, and its association with the poet Petrarch.
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Parc Salengro
Parc Salengro is a public urban park in Clichy, in the Hauts-de-Seine department near Paris, offering green space and recreational areas for local residents.
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Menetou-Salon
Menetou-Salon is a French wine appellation in the Loire Valley renowned for its crisp, aromatic white wines primarily made from Sauvignon Blanc.
- 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: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks Target entity description: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks is a historic French salt production site renowned for its underground galleries and brine extraction facilities, recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble with the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans.
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A.
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans
The Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans is an 18th-century industrial complex in eastern France, designed by architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux as a model saltworks and now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its pioneering neoclassical architecture and urban planning.
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B.
Ses Salines Natural Park
Ses Salines Natural Park is a protected coastal and marine reserve between Ibiza and Formentera, renowned for its salt flats, wetlands, rich birdlife, and pristine beaches.
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C.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a picturesque village in southeastern France renowned for its powerful karst spring, one of the largest in the world, and its association with the poet Petrarch.
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D.
Parc Salengro
Parc Salengro is a public urban park in Clichy, in the Hauts-de-Seine department near Paris, offering green space and recreational areas for local residents.
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E.
Menetou-Salon
Menetou-Salon is a French wine appellation in the Loire Valley renowned for its crisp, aromatic white wines primarily made from Sauvignon Blanc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
industrial heritage site ⓘ saltworks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Jura department ⓘ |
| hasConservationObjective |
interpretation of industrial heritage for visitors
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preservation of historic salt production infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
brine wells
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evaporation rooms ⓘ galleries for brine transport ⓘ pumping mechanisms ⓘ underground tunnels ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic monument ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | illustrates development of salt production from Middle Ages to modern era ⓘ |
| industry | salt production ⓘ |
| knownFor |
brine extraction facilities
ⓘ
historic salt production technology ⓘ underground galleries ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
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linked to:
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Jura department ⓘ Salins-les-Bains ⓘ eastern France ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | UNESCO buffer zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Jura Mountains ⓘ |
| management | local authorities of Salins-les-Bains ⓘ |
| materialExtracted | salt ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Arc-et-Senans
ⓘ
linked to:
Salins-les-Bains Saltworks
cultural landscape of Franche-Comté salt production ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
industrial tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria | (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageExtensionYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Europe and North America ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 203bis ⓘ |
| usedFor |
salt evaporation
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salt extraction from brine springs ⓘ |
| waterSource | natural brine springs ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks Description of subject: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks is a historic French salt production site renowned for its underground galleries and brine extraction facilities, recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble with the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks
linked to: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks
linked to: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks
linked to: Salins-les-Bains Saltworks