Raon-l'Étape
E1038848
Raon-l'Étape is a commune in northeastern France’s Vosges department, known historically as a small industrial and trading town at the gateway to the Vosges mountains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raon-l'Étape canonical | 1 |
| Raon-l’Étape | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13411823 — 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: Raon-l'Étape Context triple: [Meurthe River, flowsThrough, Raon-l'Étape]
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A.
Paris–Brest
Paris–Brest is a long-distance French railway service connecting Paris with the city of Brest in Brittany.
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B.
L’Étape du Tour
L’Étape du Tour is an annual mass-participation cyclosportive that lets amateur cyclists ride a full mountain stage of the Tour de France under race conditions.
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C.
Dauphiné–Lacassagne
Dauphiné–Lacassagne is a tram stop in Lyon, France, serving the city's public transport network on line T3.
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D.
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is a prestigious week-long professional cycling stage race in southeastern France, often used by top riders as a key preparation event for the Tour de France.
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E.
Tour de la Lanterne
Tour de la Lanterne is a historic medieval lighthouse and defensive tower in La Rochelle, France, known for its distinctive spire and role in guiding ships into the harbor.
- 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: Raon-l'Étape Target entity description: Raon-l'Étape is a commune in northeastern France’s Vosges department, known historically as a small industrial and trading town at the gateway to the Vosges mountains.
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A.
Paris–Brest
Paris–Brest is a long-distance French railway service connecting Paris with the city of Brest in Brittany.
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B.
L’Étape du Tour
L’Étape du Tour is an annual mass-participation cyclosportive that lets amateur cyclists ride a full mountain stage of the Tour de France under race conditions.
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C.
Dauphiné–Lacassagne
Dauphiné–Lacassagne is a tram stop in Lyon, France, serving the city's public transport network on line T3.
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D.
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is a prestigious week-long professional cycling stage race in southeastern France, often used by top riders as a key preparation event for the Tour de France.
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E.
Tour de la Lanterne
Tour de la Lanterne is a historic medieval lighthouse and defensive tower in La Rochelle, France, known for its distinctive spire and role in guiding ships into the harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeBody | municipal council of Raon-l'Étape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate with continental influences ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| departmentCode | 88 ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
small-scale manufacturing
ⓘ
trade and services ⓘ wood industry ⓘ |
| governedBy | mayor of Raon-l'Étape ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSite | local history museum ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
primary schools
ⓘ
secondary school ⓘ |
| hasFeature | confluence of Meurthe and Plaine rivers ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
historic town center
ⓘ
old bridges over the Meurthe ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
mechanical workshops
ⓘ
sawmills ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Église Saint-Georges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Église Saint-Luc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
D392 road
ⓘ
D424 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport | railway station ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
industrial town
ⓘ
trading town ⓘ |
| intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localNickname | Porte des Vosges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Grand Est
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Est region
Vosges Mountains foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ Vosges department NERFINISHED ⓘ historical region of Lorraine ⓘ northeastern France ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Meurthe River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plaine River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Lunéville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | damage during the Second World War ⓘ |
| partOf |
arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Raon-l'Étape ⓘ |
| postalCode | 88110 ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Lunéville–Saint-Dié-des-Vosges railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionPeriod | post-World War II ⓘ |
| regionCapitalDistance | approximately 80 km from Strasbourg ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
gateway for hiking in the Vosges
ⓘ
nature tourism in surrounding forests ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Raon-l'Étape Description of subject: Raon-l'Étape is a commune in northeastern France’s Vosges department, known historically as a small industrial and trading town at the gateway to the Vosges mountains.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Raon-l’Étape