Potigny
E672922
Potigny is a commune in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Potigny canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7091471 — 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: Potigny Context triple: [Arrondissement of Caen, contains, Potigny]
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A.
Pontigny
Pontigny is a French village best known for its historic Cistercian abbey, one of the earliest and largest of the order.
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B.
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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C.
Remigny
Remigny is a small wine-producing village in the Burgundy region of eastern France, situated near the renowned appellation of Santenay.
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D.
Pougny
Pougny is a small French commune, likely located near the Swiss border in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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E.
Tournan
Tournan is a suburban town in the Île-de-France region of France that serves as an outer terminus for Paris’s RER commuter rail network.
- 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: Potigny Target entity description: Potigny is a commune in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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A.
Pontigny
Pontigny is a French village best known for its historic Cistercian abbey, one of the earliest and largest of the order.
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B.
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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C.
Remigny
Remigny is a small wine-producing village in the Burgundy region of eastern France, situated near the renowned appellation of Santenay.
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D.
Pougny
Pougny is a small French commune, likely located near the Swiss border in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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E.
Tournan
Tournan is a suburban town in the Île-de-France region of France that serves as an outer terminus for Paris’s RER commuter rail network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| area | 4.26 square kilometres ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| department | Calvados ⓘ |
| elevationMax | 206 ⓘ |
| elevationMin | 125 ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | commune ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | rural commune ⓘ |
| INSEECode | 14516 ⓘ |
| localGovernmentType | commune council ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calvados department
ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ
linked to:
Western France
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
arrondissement of Caen
ⓘ
linked to:
Arrondissement of Caen
canton of Falaise ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricRegion | Normandy ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Calvados department
ⓘ
Normandy region ⓘ
linked to:
Normandy (administrative region)
|
| postalCode | 14420 ⓘ |
| region | Normandy ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith |
Bons-Tassilly
ⓘ
Ouilly-le-Tesson ⓘ Saint-Pierre-Canivet ⓘ Soumont-Saint-Quentin ⓘ |
| timeZone |
CEST
ⓘ
CET ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +1 ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetDST | +2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Potigny Description of subject: Potigny is a commune in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.