La Brède
E251264
La Brède is a French commune in the Gironde department of southwestern France, best known as the birthplace of the philosopher Montesquieu and for its historic Château de La Brède.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Brède canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2261664 — 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: La Brède Context triple: [Pessac-Léognan, containsCommune, La Brède]
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A.
Château de Pierrefonds
The Château de Pierrefonds is a grand medieval-style castle in northern France, extensively restored in the 19th century by architect Viollet-le-Duc and renowned for its picturesque, fairy-tale appearance.
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B.
Château de Maintenon
The Château de Maintenon is a historic French castle in Eure-et-Loir, best known as the residence of Madame de Maintenon, the secret wife of King Louis XIV.
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C.
Gardens of Sceaux
The Gardens of Sceaux are a grand formal French landscape park near Paris, renowned for their classical symmetry, terraces, and water features characteristic of André Le Nôtre’s 17th-century garden design.
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D.
Matignon gardens
The Matignon gardens are the extensive, carefully landscaped private grounds behind the Hôtel de Matignon in Paris, known for hosting official receptions and serving as a green refuge in the heart of the French capital.
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E.
Jouy-en-Josas
Jouy-en-Josas is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France, known for hosting the HEC Paris business school.
- 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: La Brède Target entity description: La Brède is a French commune in the Gironde department of southwestern France, best known as the birthplace of the philosopher Montesquieu and for its historic Château de La Brède.
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A.
Château de Pierrefonds
The Château de Pierrefonds is a grand medieval-style castle in northern France, extensively restored in the 19th century by architect Viollet-le-Duc and renowned for its picturesque, fairy-tale appearance.
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B.
Château de Maintenon
The Château de Maintenon is a historic French castle in Eure-et-Loir, best known as the residence of Madame de Maintenon, the secret wife of King Louis XIV.
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C.
Gardens of Sceaux
The Gardens of Sceaux are a grand formal French landscape park near Paris, renowned for their classical symmetry, terraces, and water features characteristic of André Le Nôtre’s 17th-century garden design.
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D.
Matignon gardens
The Matignon gardens are the extensive, carefully landscaped private grounds behind the Hôtel de Matignon in Paris, known for hosting official receptions and serving as a green refuge in the heart of the French capital.
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E.
Jouy-en-Josas
Jouy-en-Josas is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France, known for hosting the HEC Paris business school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionType | commune ⓘ |
| belongsToIntercommunality | local communauté de communes structure in Gironde ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Montesquieu ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| demonym |
Brédois
ⓘ
Brédoise ⓘ |
| department | Gironde ⓘ |
| departmentCapital | Bordeaux ⓘ |
| departmentCode | 33 ⓘ |
| elevationType | lowland area of Gironde ⓘ |
| governedAs | commune within French Fifth Republic ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | Montesquieu heritage and studies ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
viticulture
ⓘ
wine production ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
residential community
ⓘ
wine-growing commune ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | park and grounds of Château de La Brède ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | contains protected historical monuments ⓘ |
| hasLandmark | Château de La Brède ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | municipal council of La Brède ⓘ |
| hasMayor | local municipal council (periodically elected) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRiver |
Garonne
ⓘ
surface form:
Garonne (regional hydrographic basin)
|
| hasNotablePerson | Montesquieu ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | parish church of La Brède ⓘ |
| hasTransport | local road network connecting to Bordeaux ⓘ |
| inseeCode | 33213 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Château de La Brède
ⓘ
birthplace of Montesquieu ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aquitaine Basin
ⓘ
Gironde department ⓘ Graves wine region ⓘ Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
surface form:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
historical province of Guyenne ⓘ southwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bordeaux ⓘ |
| locatedOn | left bank of the Garonne area ⓘ |
| partOf | France ⓘ |
| postalCode | 33650 ⓘ |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ |
| regionCapital | Bordeaux ⓘ |
| timeZone |
CEST
ⓘ
CET ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
Château de La Brède guided visits
ⓘ
wine tourism in surrounding vineyards ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Brède Description of subject: La Brède is a French commune in the Gironde department of southwestern France, best known as the birthplace of the philosopher Montesquieu and for its historic Château de La Brède.
Referenced by (9)
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