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lavoir

public place set aside for the washing of clothes
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lavoir

Summary

lavoir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lavoir is a type of fixed construction[2].
  • lavoir is a type of outbuilding[3].
  • lavoir is used for washing[4].
  • lavoir's Commons category is recorded as Wash houses[5].
  • lavoir's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wash houses[6].
  • lavoir's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as amenity=lavoir[7].
  • lavoir's different from is recorded as public wash house[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fixed construction[2] and outbuilding[3].

Use and Application

lavoir is used for washing[4].

Why It Matters

lavoir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[1] lavoir has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] lavoir is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lavoir_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lavoir}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lavoir}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → public wash house
    P14692 → Q5303
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 9w ago · Portulan029 · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q5303
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Wash houses
    Subclass of → fixed construction, outbuilding
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14692]]: Tag:amenity=lavoir"
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