Chiers

Summary

Chiers is a river^[1]. Chiers ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chiers is in the country of Luxembourg^[3].
• Chiers is in the country of France^[4].
• Chiers is in the country of Belgium^[5].
• Chiers's image is recorded as Chiers Charency-Vezin.jpg^[6].
• Chiers's continent is recorded as Europe^[7].
• Chiers's instance of is recorded as river^[8].
• Chiers's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 25144647641070462771^[9].
• Chiers's locator map image is recorded as Chiers.png^[10].
• Chiers's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121267890^[11].
• Chiers's IdRef ID is recorded as 029700094^[12].
• Chiers's IdRef ID is recorded as 265051789^[13].
• Chiers's Commons category is recorded as Chiers^[14].
• Chiers's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1307164^[15].
• Chiers's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Meuse^[16].
• Chiers's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.503944444444, 'lon': 5.8976944444444}^[17].
• Chiers's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.658333333333, 'lon': 4.994275}^[18].
• Chiers's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04sdmz^[19].
• Chiers's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Oberkorn^[20].
• Chiers's tributary is recorded as Loison^[21].
• Chiers's tributary is recorded as Othain^[22].
• Chiers's tributary is recorded as Crusnes^[23].
• Chiers's tributary is recorded as Thonne^[24].
• Chiers's tributary is recorded as Messancy^[25].
• Chiers's tributary is recorded as Brüll^[26].
• Chiers's tributary is recorded as Moulaine^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Luxembourg^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Luxembourg^[29], founded in 1815^[30]; France^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in France^[32], founded in 0843^[33]; and Belgium^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Belgium^[35], founded in 1830^[36]. Chiers's continent is recorded as Europe^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Chiers's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+160'}^[37]. Chiers's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+112'}^[38].

Designation and Status

Chiers's instance of is recorded as river^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chiers include Olizy-sur-Chiers^[39], a commune of France^[40], in France^[41]; Épiez-sur-Chiers^[42], a commune of France^[43], in France^[44]; Viviers-sur-Chiers^[45], a commune of France^[46], in France^[47]; La Ferté-sur-Chiers^[48], a commune of France^[49], in France^[50]; and Montigny-sur-Chiers^[51], a commune of France^[52], in France^[53].

Why It Matters

Chiers ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] Chiers has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[54] Chiers is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[55]

Entities named for Chiers include Olizy-sur-Chiers^[39], a commune of France^[40], in France^[41]; Épiez-sur-Chiers^[42], a commune of France^[43], in France^[44]; Viviers-sur-Chiers^[45], a commune of France^[46], in France^[47]; La Ferté-sur-Chiers^[48], a commune of France^[49], in France^[50]; and Montigny-sur-Chiers^[51], a commune of France^[52], in France^[53].