Marché International de Rungis

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food distribution hub wholesale market

Marché International de Rungis is a vast wholesale food market near Paris that serves as one of the world’s largest distribution hubs for fresh produce, meat, seafood, and flowers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rungis International Market	4
Marché International de Rungis canonical	2
Rungis wholesale market	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3295192 — 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: Marché International de Rungis
Context triple: [Rungis, knownFor, Marché International de Rungis]

A. Les Halles
Les Halles is a major underground transport hub and commercial area in central Paris, historically known as the city’s main market district.
B. Parc de la Villette
Parc de la Villette is a large contemporary cultural park in northeastern Paris, known for its bold postmodern architecture, themed gardens, and major cultural venues such as the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie and concert halls.
C. Le Raincy
Le Raincy is a suburban commune in the eastern outskirts of Paris, known for its residential character and modernist church, and serves as an administrative center in the Seine-Saint-Denis department.
D. Loulé Municipal Market
Loulé Municipal Market is a historic covered marketplace in the Algarve region of Portugal, known for its distinctive Moorish-inspired architecture and vibrant stalls selling fresh local produce, crafts, and regional specialties.
E. Beaugrenelle shopping center
Beaugrenelle shopping center is a large, modern riverside mall in Paris known for its contemporary architecture, major international brands, and mix of shopping, dining, and entertainment options.
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: Marché International de Rungis
Target entity description: Marché International de Rungis is a vast wholesale food market near Paris that serves as one of the world’s largest distribution hubs for fresh produce, meat, seafood, and flowers.

A. Les Halles
Les Halles is a major underground transport hub and commercial area in central Paris, historically known as the city’s main market district.
B. Parc de la Villette
Parc de la Villette is a large contemporary cultural park in northeastern Paris, known for its bold postmodern architecture, themed gardens, and major cultural venues such as the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie and concert halls.
C. Le Raincy
Le Raincy is a suburban commune in the eastern outskirts of Paris, known for its residential character and modernist church, and serves as an administrative center in the Seine-Saint-Denis department.
D. Loulé Municipal Market
Loulé Municipal Market is a historic covered marketplace in the Algarve region of Portugal, known for its distinctive Moorish-inspired architecture and vibrant stalls selling fresh local produce, crafts, and regional specialties.
E. Beaugrenelle shopping center
Beaugrenelle shopping center is a large, modern riverside mall in Paris known for its contemporary architecture, major international brands, and mix of shopping, dining, and entertainment options.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	food distribution hub ⓘ wholesale market ⓘ
area	more than 230 hectares ⓘ over 2.3 square kilometres ⓘ
connectedBy	proximity to air freight at Orly Airport ⓘ rail infrastructure ⓘ road network ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
customers	caterers ⓘ food service companies ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retailers ⓘ
focusesOn	flowers and plants ⓘ fresh produce ⓘ meat and poultry ⓘ seafood and fish ⓘ
hasFacility	administrative offices ⓘ cold storage warehouses ⓘ logistics platforms ⓘ packaging facilities ⓘ quality control laboratories ⓘ
hasRegulation	cold chain requirements ⓘ food safety standards ⓘ
hasSector	catering and food services ⓘ cheese ⓘ dairy products ⓘ flowers ⓘ fruit and vegetables ⓘ grocery and dry goods ⓘ horticultural products ⓘ meat ⓘ seafood ⓘ
locatedIn	Rungis ⓘ
locatedInDepartment	Val-de-Marne ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Île-de-France ⓘ linked to: Île-de-France region
locatedNear	Orly Airport ⓘ Paris ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest wholesale food markets in the world ⓘ central role in supplying fresh produce to Paris ⓘ
openingDate	1969 ⓘ
operatedBy	SEMMARIS ⓘ
owner	French state ⓘ linked to: French state (partially)
primaryFunction	wholesale distribution of fresh food products ⓘ
replaced	Les Halles de Paris ⓘ linked to: Les Halles
serves	Paris metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Grand Paris urban area international export markets ⓘ national French market ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Rungis → knownFor → Marché International de Rungis ⓘ

subject linked to: Rungis, France

Rungis → hasMarket → Marché International de Rungis ⓘ

subject linked to: Rungis, France

Rungis → hasLandmark → Rungis wholesale market ⓘ

subject linked to: Rungis, France