Grand Ballon

highest mountain of the Vosges Mountains in France
Mountain mountain Q1397720
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Grand Ballon

Summary

Grand Ballon is a mountain[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Grand Ballon is located in Haut-Rhin[3].
  • Grand Ballon is in the country of France[4].
  • Grand Ballon's image is recorded as Grand Ballon de l'ouest.jpg[5].
  • Grand Ballon's instance of is recorded as mountain[6].
  • Grand Ballon's instance of is recorded as main peak[7].
  • Grand Ballon's instance of is recorded as one-thousander[8].
  • Grand Ballon's GND ID is recorded as 4658137-6[9].
  • Grand Ballon's Commons category is recorded as Grand Ballon[10].
  • Grand Ballon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.900833333333, 'lon': 7.0980555555556}[11].
  • Grand Ballon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0279ngv[12].
  • Grand Ballon's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0030831[13].
  • Grand Ballon's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[14].
  • Grand Ballon's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3014431[15].
  • Grand Ballon's relief location map is recorded as Grand Ballon.png[16].
  • Grand Ballon's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1424'}[17].
  • Grand Ballon's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1430945[18].
  • Grand Ballon's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03744878n[19].
  • Grand Ballon's topographic isolation is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+67.3'}[20].
  • Grand Ballon's topographic prominence is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1081'}[21].
  • Grand Ballon's Peakbagger mountain ID is recorded as 9623[22].
  • Grand Ballon's parent peak is recorded as Chasseral[23].
  • Grand Ballon's peakware mountain ID is recorded as 598[24].
  • Grand Ballon's mountain range is recorded as Higher Vosges[25].
  • Grand Ballon's key col is recorded as sill of Belfort Gap[26].
  • Grand Ballon's Hikr waypoint ID is recorded as 8216[27].

Why It Matters

Grand Ballon ranks in the top 2% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Sonny's LiDAR DTM1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent peak Chasseral
    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1424'}
    Wolfram language entity code Entity["Mountain", "GrandBallon"]
    Key col sill of Belfort Gap
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Mountain", "GrandBallon"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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