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Saint-Omer
Commune
A hillside view of Saint-Omer
Location of Saint-Omer
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Coordinates: 48°55′36″N 0°27′07″W / 48.9267°N 0.4519°W / 48.9267; -0.4519
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Le Hom
Intercommunality	Cingal-Suisse Normande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claudine Courval [1]
Area 1	8.07 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	189
• Density	23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14635 /14220
Elevation	90–306 m (295–1,004 ft) (avg. 306 m or 1,004 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Omer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɔmɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. ^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Mesnil, L'Abbaye du Val, Le Moncel, La Fortinière, Les Hautes Planches, Courteil and Saint-Omer. ^[4]

The two streams of La Vallee des Vaux and The Orival are the only watercourses running through the commune.

Population

Points of Interest

Les Rochers de La Houle is the remains of an ancient mountain range, the Armorican Massif that was gradually eroded by the sea, the remaining 240 metre high fragment is a popular destination for tourists. ^{[5] [6]}

National heritage sites

Mégalithe du Pré-du-Vivret is a Neolithic Megalith that was classed as a Monument historique in 1954 ^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

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