Chanel

French fashion house
Organization organization Q218115
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Chanel

Summary

Chanel is an organization[1]. Chanel ranks in the top 0.066% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,889 views/month, #6 of 9,083).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chanel's field of work was clothing industry[3].
  • Chanel's field of work was jewelry[4].
  • Chanel's field of work was fashion[5].
  • Chanel was a member of Chambre syndicale de la haute couture[6].
  • Chanel is in the country of France[7].
  • Chanel's image is recorded as Hôtel Duché des Tournelles.jpg[8].
  • Chanel's instance of is recorded as organization[9].
  • Chanel's instance of is recorded as business[10].
  • Chanel's founder is recorded as Coco Chanel[11].
  • Chanel's logo image is recorded as Chanel logo.svg[12].
  • Chanel's headquarters location is recorded as Neuilly-sur-Seine[13].
  • Chanel's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[14].
  • Chanel's chief executive officer is recorded as Leena Nair[15].
  • Chanel's ISNI is recorded as 0000000417911708[16].
  • Chanel's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167419773[17].
  • Chanel's GND ID is recorded as 1235556-2[18].
  • Chanel's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2004302060[19].
  • Chanel's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500329589[20].
  • Chanel's child organization or unit is recorded as Fondation d'entreprise Chanel[21].
  • Chanel's Commons category is recorded as Chanel[22].
  • Chanel's industry is recorded as Wholesale trade (business-to-business) of clothing and footwear[23].
  • +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chanel[24].
  • +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chanel[25].
  • +1900-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chanel[26].
  • Chanel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036rkh[27].

Body

Founding

Chanel's founder is recorded as Coco Chanel[11]. Recorded inception include +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z[24], +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z[25], and +1900-01-01T00:00:00Z[26]. Chanel's location of formation is recorded as Paris[28].

Identity

Chanel's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CHANEL'}[29].

Leadership

Chanel's chief executive officer is recorded as Leena Nair[15].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Neuilly-sur-Seine[13], a commune of France[30], in France[31] and Paris[14], a commune of France[32], in France[33], founded in -0300[34]. Chanel's child organization or unit is recorded as Fondation d'entreprise Chanel[21].

Industry

Chanel's industry is recorded as Wholesale trade (business-to-business) of clothing and footwear[23]. Fields of work include clothing industry[3], a type of industry[35]; jewelry[4], an industry[36]; and fashion[5].

Ownership

Products include perfume[37], jewelry[38], fashion accessory[39], clothing[40], and costume jewelry[41].

Why It Matters

Chanel ranks in the top 0.066% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,889 views/month, #6 of 9,083).[2] Chanel has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Chanel is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Collectie Boijmans Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  21. [6] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Collectie Boijmans Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . wikidata.org.
  30. [40] . wikidata.org.
  31. [41] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Location of formation Paris
    Image needs reharvest
    Founder Coco Chanel
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