Albert, Somme

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Albert, Somme is a small town in northern France that served as a key logistical and front-line center during the Battle of the Somme in World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Albert, Somme canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
town ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonym Albertin ⓘ
feature military supply base in World War I ⓘ
railway junction in World War I ⓘ
hasCemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity light industry ⓘ
tourism related to World War I battlefields ⓘ
hasLandmark Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebières ⓘ
Leaning Golden Virgin statue ⓘ
hasMuseum Somme 1916 Museum ⓘ
historicalRole front-line center during the Battle of the Somme ⓘ
key logistical center during the Battle of the Somme ⓘ
locatedIn Hauts-de-France region ⓘ
linked to: Hauts-de-France

Somme department ⓘ
linked to: Somme (department)

northern France ⓘ
locatedNear River Ancre ⓘ
namedAfter Albert I, Prince of Monaco ⓘ
linked to: Albert I of Monaco
nearbyCity Amiens ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of the Somme ⓘ
partOf arrondissement of Péronne ⓘ
canton of Albert ⓘ
postalCode 80300 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
transport Albert railway station ⓘ
war World War I ⓘ
wasHeavilyDamagedIn World War I ⓘ
wasRebuiltAfter World War I ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Ulverston → hasTwinTown → Albert, Somme ⓘ
Battle of Albert (1918) → namedAfter → Albert, Somme ⓘ
Lochnagar Crater → near → Albert, Somme ⓘ
Delville Wood → near → Albert, Somme ⓘ
Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery → near → Albert, Somme ⓘ
Battle of Pozières → tookPlaceNear → Albert, Somme ⓘ
Lochnagar Crater memorial site → near → Albert, Somme ⓘ
Bazentin → locatedNear → Albert, Somme ⓘ