Bourg-Saint-Pierre
E646830
Bourg-Saint-Pierre is a small Swiss village in the canton of Valais, known as a historic stop on the Great St. Bernard Pass near the Italian border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bourg-Saint-Pierre canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6726883 — 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: Bourg-Saint-Pierre Context triple: [Grand Combin, nearestTown, Bourg-Saint-Pierre]
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A.
Bourg-de-Péage
Bourg-de-Péage is a commune in southeastern France’s Drôme department, known for its location near the city of Romans-sur-Isère and its role within the Valence-Romans urban area.
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B.
Boulzane
Boulzane is a river in southern France that serves as a tributary of the Agly.
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C.
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gressoney-La-Trinité is a high-altitude Alpine village and ski resort in Italy’s Aosta Valley, known for mountaineering access to Monte Rosa and its traditional Walser culture.
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D.
Pontarlier
Pontarlier is a historic town in eastern France near the Swiss border, known for its role in the absinthe industry and its location in the Jura Mountains.
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E.
Berthier
Berthier is a French surname most famously associated with Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a marshal of France and chief of staff to Napoleon.
- 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: Bourg-Saint-Pierre Target entity description: Bourg-Saint-Pierre is a small Swiss village in the canton of Valais, known as a historic stop on the Great St. Bernard Pass near the Italian border.
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A.
Bourg-de-Péage
Bourg-de-Péage is a commune in southeastern France’s Drôme department, known for its location near the city of Romans-sur-Isère and its role within the Valence-Romans urban area.
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B.
Boulzane
Boulzane is a river in southern France that serves as a tributary of the Agly.
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C.
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gressoney-La-Trinité is a high-altitude Alpine village and ski resort in Italy’s Aosta Valley, known for mountaineering access to Monte Rosa and its traditional Walser culture.
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D.
Pontarlier
Pontarlier is a historic town in eastern France near the Swiss border, known for its role in the absinthe industry and its location in the Jura Mountains.
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E.
Berthier
Berthier is a French surname most famously associated with Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a marshal of France and chief of staff to Napoleon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Italy ⓘ |
| canton | Valais ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsDescription | Gules, a key argent in pale, the ward upwards and to dexter, between two towers argent masoned sable ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | 1632 m ⓘ |
| hasClimate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomySector |
alpine agriculture
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Roman and medieval route remains
ⓘ
historic village core ⓘ stone houses ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | part of Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
staging post for Great St Bernard Pass
ⓘ
stop on transalpine trade routes ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalityCode | 6032 ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure |
Great St Bernard Tunnel portal (Swiss side)
ⓘ
linked to:
Great St Bernard Tunnel
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| hasNearbyPass | Great St Bernard Pass ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.bourg-saint-pierre.ch/ ⓘ |
| hasPopulationRange | fewer than 500 inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasRegionType | mountain municipality ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite | parish church of Saint-Pierre ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
road connection to Aosta via Great St Bernard Pass
ⓘ
road connection to Martigny ⓘ |
| isAccessPointTo |
Great St Bernard hospice area
ⓘ
linked to:
Great St Bernard area
|
| isoCodeRegion | CH-VS ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Swiss Alps tourist region
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Alps region (broader geographic sense)
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| isTouristDestinationFor |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ ski touring ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
ⓘ
Entremont District ⓘ Val d’Entremont ⓘ southwestern Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Great St Bernard Tunnel
ⓘ
Italian border ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Great St Bernard Pass
ⓘ
route of the Via Francigena ⓘ
linked to:
Via Francigena
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| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| postalCode | 1946 ⓘ |
| roadDistanceTo |
Great St Bernard Pass summit
ⓘ
linked to:
Great St Bernard Pass
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| usesUTCOffset | +1 ⓘ |
| usesUTCOffsetDST | +2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bourg-Saint-Pierre Description of subject: Bourg-Saint-Pierre is a small Swiss village in the canton of Valais, known as a historic stop on the Great St. Bernard Pass near the Italian border.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.