Vincennes
Vincennes is a city in Southwestern Indiana. Vincennes is the oldest town in Indiana. It was founded in 1732 as a French fur trading post. The city's history is unique compared to any other Midwestern town, and the historical relevance is plentiful.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 18,000 residents
- Description: county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States
- Also known as: “Au Poste”, “Post Ouabache”, “Post Saint Ange”, “Post Saint Vincent”, “Post Vincennes”, “Poste Ouabache”, “Vincennes (Indiana)”, “Vincennes, IN”, “Vincennes, Indiana”, “Vinsenne”, “Венсен”, “Винсенс (Индиана)”, “ヴィンセンズ”, “ビンセンス”, “ビンセンズ”, “文森斯”, and “溫森斯”
- Postal code: 47591
Places of Interest
Highlights: George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and O’Neal Airport.
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and Library
Church
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.Vincennes
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: Knox, Southwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.6773° or 38° 40′ 38″ north
Longitude
-87.5286° or 87° 31′ 43″ west
Population
18,000
Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)
IATA airport code
OEA
UN/LOCODE
US OEA
Open location code
86CJMFGC+WG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Vincennes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فينسينس”
- Azerbaijani: “Vinsennes”
- Basque: “Vincennes”
- Belarusian: “Вінсенс”
- Catalan: “Vincennes”
- Cebuano: “Vincennes”
- Chechen: “Винсеннс”
- Chinese: “温森斯”
- Czech: “Vincennes”
- Dagbani: “Vincennes”
- Danish: “Vincennes”
- Dutch: “Vincennes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فينسينس”
- French: “Vincennes”
- German: “Vincennes”
- Gilaki: “وینسنس (اينديانا)”
- Gilaki: “وینسنس”
- Haitian: “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Haitian: “Vincennes”
- Hebrew: “וינסנס”
- Hindi: “विनसेन, इंडियाना”
- Hindi: “विनसेन”
- Hungarian: “Vincennes”
- Ido: “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Ido: “Vincennes”
- Irish: “Vincennes”
- Italian: “Vincennes”
- Japanese: “ヴィンセンス”
- Ladin: “Vincennes”
- Latin: “Vincennapolis”
- Malagasy: “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Malagasy: “Vincennes”
- Mazanderani: “وینسنس”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vincennes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vincennes”
- Norwegian: “Vincennes”
- Persian: “وینسنس، ایندیانا”
- Persian: “وینسنس”
- Polish: “Vincennes”
- Portuguese: “Vincennes”
- Romanian: “Vincennes”
- Russian: “Винсенс”
- Serbian: “Vincennes”
- Serbian: “Винсенс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vincennes”
- Slovak: “Vincennes”
- Slovenian: “Vincennes”
- South Azerbaijani: “وینسنس، ایندیانا”
- Spanish: “Vincennes”
- Swedish: “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Swedish: “Vincennes”
- Tatar: “Винсеннс”
- Turkish: “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Turkish: “Vincennes”
- Ukrainian: “Вінсеннс”
- Urdu: “ونسینز، انڈیانا”
- Urdu: “ونسینز”
- Uzbek: “Vincennes”
- Volapük: “Vincennes”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vincennes”
- Welsh: “Vincennes, Indiana”
- Welsh: “Vincennes”
- Western Frisian: “Vincennes”
- “Vincennes”
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