Beauce

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Beauce is a fertile agricultural plain in north-central France, often called the country’s “granary” for its extensive cereal production.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Beauce canonical 7

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural region
plain
administrativeDivision Essonne
Eure-et-Loir
Loir-et-Cher
Loiret
Yvelines
borders Jean d’Orléans, Count of Dunois
surface form: Dunois

Gâtinais region
surface form: Gâtinais

Perche
Loire Valley
surface form: Val de Loire
climate temperate oceanic climate
country France
culturalRepresentation symbol of French cereal plains
dominantCrop barley
rapeseed
sugar beet
wheat
dominantLandUse arable farming
fieldPattern large rectangular plots
highestPointElevation about 160 metres
historicalRole major grain-supplying region for Paris
irrigation largely rain-fed agriculture
knownAs granary of France
knownFor cereal production
intensive agriculture
wheat cultivation
landscapeCharacteristic few hedgerows
open fields
locatedIn Centre-Val de Loire
north-central France
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
mainEconomicActivity agriculture
agro-industry
mechanizationLevel highly mechanized farming
notableTown Chartres
Châteaudun
Étampes
partOf Paris Basin
populationDensity low
regionType rural region
soilType loamy soil
terrainType fertile plain
transportRole supplies grain to national and export markets

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Referenced by (7)

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

Paris Basin hasSubregion Beauce
Eure-et-Loir locatedIn Beauce
Maintenon historicalRegion Beauce
Orléanais borderedBy Beauce
La Terre settingRegion Beauce