Saint-Omer () is a commune in the

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department in the

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in northwestern

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Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. 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. The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare,

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conservation area, called the

Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents translated as Orne Valley and tributaries is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 2,115 hectares in size. Geography The area is focused on Orne and 3 of its main tributaries, the laize, the Noireau and the Ro ...

. 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 The Armorican Massif (, ) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France, including Brittany, the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire. It is important because it is connected to Dover on the British side o ...

that was gradually eroded by the sea, the remaining 240 metre high fragment is a popular destination for tourists.

National heritage sites

Mégalithe du Pré-du-Vivret is a

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that was classed as a

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in 1954

References

Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Monuments historiques of Calvados (department) Megalithic monuments in France Stone Age sites in France {{Caen-geo-stub

Geography

Population

Points of Interest

National heritage sites

See also

References