Confolens, Charente, France
E680204
Confolens is a small historic town in the Charente department of southwestern France, known for its medieval architecture and annual international folklore festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confolens, Charente, France canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7646798 — 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: Confolens, Charente, France Context triple: [Émile Roux, placeOfBirth, Confolens, Charente, France]
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A.
Neauphle-le-Château, France
Neauphle-le-Château is a small village in northern France best known as the place where Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini lived in exile shortly before the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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B.
Montlouis-sur-Loire, France
Montlouis-sur-Loire is a commune in central France’s Loire Valley, known for its vineyards and historic châteaux along the Loire River.
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C.
Nérac, France
Nérac, France is a historic town in the Lot-et-Garonne department of southwestern France, known for its Renaissance château and association with the Albret family and Henry IV.
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D.
Chatou, France
Chatou, France is a suburban town on the River Seine near Paris, historically known as an artists’ retreat associated with Impressionist and Fauvist painters.
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E.
Plessis-lès-Tours, France
Plessis-lès-Tours is a historic locality near Tours in central France, notable as a former royal residence and the place where Saint Francis of Paola died.
- 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: Confolens, Charente, France Target entity description: Confolens is a small historic town in the Charente department of southwestern France, known for its medieval architecture and annual international folklore festival.
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A.
Neauphle-le-Château, France
Neauphle-le-Château is a small village in northern France best known as the place where Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini lived in exile shortly before the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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B.
Montlouis-sur-Loire, France
Montlouis-sur-Loire is a commune in central France’s Loire Valley, known for its vineyards and historic châteaux along the Loire River.
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C.
Nérac, France
Nérac, France is a historic town in the Lot-et-Garonne department of southwestern France, known for its Renaissance château and association with the Albret family and Henry IV.
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D.
Chatou, France
Chatou, France is a suburban town on the River Seine near Paris, historically known as an artists’ retreat associated with Impressionist and Fauvist painters.
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E.
Plessis-lès-Tours, France
Plessis-lès-Tours is a historic locality near Tours in central France, notable as a former royal residence and the place where Saint Francis of Paola died.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commune of France ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | subprefecture ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| departmentCode | 16 ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
churches
ⓘ
cultural venues ⓘ riverside promenades ⓘ town hall ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
Pont Neuf
ⓘ
Pont Vieux ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | center for international folk traditions in France ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture in surrounding area
ⓘ
local commerce ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEventFrequency | annual folklore festival ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Romanesque church
ⓘ
half-timbered houses ⓘ historic fortifications ⓘ medieval town center ⓘ narrow medieval streets ⓘ old town ramparts ⓘ stone bridge over the Vienne ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Chapelle des Calvaires
ⓘ
Église Saint-Maxime de Confolens ⓘ |
| hasTransport | regional road connections ⓘ |
| heritage |
historic bridges
ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ traditional riverside houses ⓘ |
| isPrefectureOf | arrondissement of Confolens ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Festival de Confolens
ⓘ
international folklore festival ⓘ traditional music and dance events ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Charente department
ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ⓘ
linked to:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
southwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalProvince |
Poitou-Charentes
ⓘ
linked to:
Poitou
|
| locatedOnRiver |
Goire River
ⓘ
Vienne River ⓘ |
| populationScale | small commune ⓘ |
| postalCode | 16500 ⓘ |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ |
| role | local service center for rural surroundings ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| urbanForm | small town ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Confolens, Charente, France Description of subject: Confolens is a small historic town in the Charente department of southwestern France, known for its medieval architecture and annual international folklore festival.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.