Artois

Summary

Artois is a historical province of France^[1]. Artois draws 152 Wikipedia views per month (historical_province_of_france category, ranking #7 of 26).^[2]

Key Facts

• Artois is in the country of France^[3].
• Artois's image is recorded as Artois.JPG^[4].
• Artois's instance of is recorded as historical province of France^[5].
• Artois's capital is recorded as Arras^[6].
• Artois's flag image is recorded as Flag of Artois.svg^[7].
• Artois's coat of arms image is recorded as Blason comtes fr d'Artois 1.svg^[8].
• Artois's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134901292^[9].
• Artois's GND ID is recorded as 4085990-3^[10].
• Artois's locator map image is recorded as Artois.png^[11].
• Artois's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83014788^[12].
• Artois's Commons category is recorded as Artois^[13].
• +1659-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Artois^[14].
• Artois was dissolved in +1790-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Artois's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.5, 'lon': 2.5}^[16].
• Artois's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge128681^[17].
• Artois's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Artois^[18].
• Artois's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0005506^[19].
• Artois's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[20].
• Artois's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Artois's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Artois's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Artois^[23].
• Artois's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3036644^[24].
• Artois's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Artois'}^[25].
• Artois's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1408664^[26].
• Artois's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1832299^[27].

Body

Geography

Artois is in the country of France^[3].

Designation and Status

Artois's instance of is recorded as historical province of France^[5].

History and Context

+1659-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Artois^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Artois include artesian well^[28]; Second Battle of Artois^[29], a battle^[30], in France^[31]; and Third Battle of Artois^[32], a battle^[33], in France^[34].

Why It Matters

Artois draws 152 Wikipedia views per month (historical_province_of_france category, ranking #7 of 26).^[2] Artois has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Artois is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Artois include artesian well^[28]; Second Battle of Artois^[29], a battle^[30], in France^[31]; and Third Battle of Artois^[32], a battle^[33], in France^[34].