Sint-Michiels

section of Brugge, Belgium
Place municipality_section Q430812
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Sint-Michiels

Summary

Sint-Michiels is a municipality section[1]. Sint-Michiels ranks in the top 7% of municipality_section entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sint-Michiels is located in Bruges[3].
  • Sint-Michiels is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • Sint-Michiels is on the body of water Kanaal Gent-Brugge[5].
  • Sint-Michiels is on the body of water Zuidervaartje[6].
  • Sint-Michiels is on the body of water Kerkebeek[7].
  • Sint-Michiels is on the body of water Leiselebeek[8].
  • Sint-Michiels's image is recorded as Sint-Michiels - Town hall 1.jpg[9].
  • Sint-Michiels's instance of is recorded as municipality section[10].
  • Sint-Michiels's instance of is recorded as village[11].
  • Sint-Michiels's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146740702[12].
  • Sint-Michiels's GND ID is recorded as 4761673-8[13].
  • Sint-Michiels's locator map image is recorded as Sint-MichielsLocation.svg[14].
  • Sint-Michiels's postal code is recorded as 8200[15].
  • Sint-Michiels's Commons category is recorded as Sint-Michiels[16].
  • Sint-Michiels's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2141285[17].
  • +1796-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sint-Michiels[18].
  • Sint-Michiels's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.1886, 'lon': 3.2117}[19].
  • Sint-Michiels's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0390dk[20].
  • Sint-Michiels's significant event is recorded as merger[21].
  • Sint-Michiels's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12427'}[22].
  • Sint-Michiels's list of monuments is recorded as Onroerend erfgoed in Sint-Michiels[23].
  • Sint-Michiels's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2786581[24].
  • Sint-Michiels's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vls', 'text': 'Sinte-Machiels'}[25].
  • Sint-Michiels's UN/LOCODE is recorded as BESME[26].
  • Sint-Michiels's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.02'}[27].

Body

Geography

Sint-Michiels is in the country of Belgium[4]. Sint-Michiels is located in Bruges[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Kanaal Gent-Brugge[5], a canal[28], in Belgium[29]; Zuidervaartje[6], a drainage ditch[30], in Belgium[31]; Kerkebeek[7], a river[32], in Belgium[33]; and Leiselebeek[8], a river[34], in Belgium[35].

Physical Characteristics

Sint-Michiels's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.02'}[27]. Sint-Michiels's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12427'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality section[10] and village[11].

History and Context

+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sint-Michiels[18].

Why It Matters

Sint-Michiels ranks in the top 7% of municipality_section entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] Sint-Michiels has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . locode.info. locode.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . 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
  8. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.02'}
    Located in or next to body of water Kanaal Gent-Brugge, Zuidervaartje, Kerkebeek +1
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